Application of Extremely High Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Oncologic Pathology in the Conditions of a Palliative Care Unit

Objective : to estimate the efficiency of the application of extremely high frequency electromagnetic radiation in patients with oncologic pathology of II, III and IV clinical groups undergoing rehabilitation in the conditions of a palliative care unit at different stages of the development of the disease regardless of the stage of the treatment. Material and methods. The examination included 30 patients diagnosed with oncologic pathology - 13 (43 %) women and 17 (57 %) men. They were divided into 2 groups. The main group comprised 15 people aged 45-79 who were undergoing a rehabilitation course of ten 10-minute sessions of extremely high frequency electromagnetic radiation of millimetric wave band. The study was conducted with the help of the device «Pramen M14T-Z» with a frequency of operating radiation of 42.194 ± 0.015 GHz (wavelength of 7.1 mm). The control group included 15 patients at the age of 34-84. The efficiency of the therapy was estimated by means of the standard questionnaires: the Rivermead Mobility Index (F. M. Collen of 1991), Beck Scale, Wakefield Self-Assessment of Depression Inventory, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM - D), DN4 and also the assessment of the general blood test before and after the treatment. Results. All the patients who had completed the rehabilitation course in the conditions of the palliative care unit with the application of extremely high frequency electromagnetic radiation of millimetric wave band (Shan Zhong point of VC.17) revealed a decrease in the neuropathic component of pain. Other positive clinical changes of varying degree were observed in both the groups. Conclusion. The application of extremely high frequency electromagnetic radiation is a perspective way of treatment in the complex rehabilitation of patients with oncologic pathology in the conditions of the palliative care unit.