[The effectivenes of traction influence in a complex treatment of the spine's thoracocervical osteochondrosis]

The efficacy of implementation of isolated autogravitational extension as well as in complex with rehabilitation-recovery measures on neurological manifestations thoracocervical osteochondrosis of spine were investigated in this work. Investigation of traction influence conducted on the 57 patients with thoracocervical osteochondrosis of spine in the acute stage has shown distinct therapeutic effectiveness of autogravitational extension in the presence of reflex manifestations of thoracocervical osteochondrosis, it's normalizing effect on the muscular-tonic changes, vertebral disorders including pain syndrome. Efficacy is achieved by applying autogravitational extension with gymnastic exercises and massage. Therapeutic effect when lying on the traction couch achieved due to equal traction effort in all section of spine. At the compression manifestations of thoracocervical osteochondrosis in the acute stage with pain syndrome efficacy of autogravitational extension is lower then at the reflex that basically is connected with impossibility of initial full relax.