PATHOGENETIC BACKGROUND OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INCREASE REASONABILITY IN OLDER ADULTS WITH NEUROTIC DISORDERS

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Abstract:

The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of pathogenetically determined measures of physical activity increase on the habilitation of motor functions and the psychosomatic state of older adults with neurotic disorders. 35 patients aged 63–75 years with neurotic disorders due to brain degenerative-dystrophic damage were included in a comprehensive dynamic examination. 18 people had Parkinson's disease and 17 patients had manifestations of psychomotor disorders in the late post-stroke period. The selected cohort underwent a thorough dynamic examination, including a valid evaluation of psychosomatic dysfunction and the degree of motor deficit. A complex diagnostic examination was performed before and after the targeted physical habilitation measures were used. Physical activity exercises were performed individually not less than 6 times per week and 2–3 times per day depending on the person's well-being. The data obtained indicate a significant improvement in motor qualities and motor activity in older adults with neurological disorders according to all used psychomotor indexes. These results also highlight positive change dynamics, including normalization and restoration of the psychosomatic state of the examined older adult patients with psychoneurotic disorders as a result of implementing physical habilitation measures, characterized by improved self-care and performance of various operational activities. Motor dysfunction was evident elimination in older adults with neurotic disorders, as well as the expressed improvement of psychomotor skills and the restoration of the ability to conditioned reflex activity after a complex of rehabilitative physical influence, indicating a systemic sanogenetic effect on physical muscle activity. The authors consider it reasonable to recommend the implementation of the developed physical habilitation techniques for older adults patients with neurotic disorders, as well as for military personnel and civilians with post-traumatic stress disorders, into the daily practice of specialized rehabilitation centers, which will contribute to their self-service status improvement and the performance of various types of operational activities as a result of their fine motor skills and psychosomatic state restoration.

Keywords:

physical rehabilitation neurotic disorders motor deficit psychosomatic disorders physical exercises pathophysiological mechanisms sanogenetic mechanisms

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Publication:

«World of Medicine and Biology» Vol. 22 No. 97 (2026), pp. 64-69
UDC 612.821.159.938

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26724/2079-8334-2026-3-97-64-69