Issue №1-20, 2021

Original article

Binaural Acoustic Beats in the Psychological Rehabilitation of Patients with Impaired Motor Functions



1 ORCIDAnastasia V. Kotelnikova, 1 ORCIDAnastasia A. Kukshina, 1 ORCIDElena A. Turova, 1 Anastasia S. Tihonova

1 Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Restorative and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation


ABSTRACT

The course of diseases associated with movement disorders violates the possibility of independent existence of the individual and is accompanied by the formation of symptoms of increased anxiety, depression and catastrophizing. Over the last years, in addition to psychopharmacological drugs, non-drug methods have been actively included in the complex of treatment and rehabilitation for this patients’ group allowing them to influence the patient’s psyche by neuro-biological activation of sanogenesis links.

AIM. To study the possibility of using resonance-acoustic vibration (PRAV) programs in the “relaxation” mode when organizing psychological support for patients with movement disorders in the course of medical rehabilitation.

MATERIAL AND METHODS. The study included 93 patients with movement disorders of two nosological groups: movement disorders against the stroke (n=57) and motor disorders against the degenerative-dystrophic diseases of large joints and spine of large joints and spine (n=36), undergoing a standard inpatient course of medical rehabilitation.

RESULTS. The dynamics of the emotional state, the intensity of the pain syndrome, characteristics of the cognitive sphere (memory, attention) as a result of psychological correction using PRAV were analyzed. The positive effect of the inclusion of the binaural beats complex in the psychological correction of the patients with impaired motor functions state of health as well as an indifferent response to the attempt to correct memory and attention were determined.

CONCLUSION. It testifies that the application of the method is appropriate in correcting the emotional state, general well-being, overcoming fear of movement and is not effective for pain and recovery of cognitive functions.



KEYWORDS: binaural beats, psychocorrection, movement disorders, medical rehabilitation, emotional state, somatization, kinesiophobia, cognitive function

Acknowledgments: The work was performed within the framework of the State Assignment Research Work No. № АААА-А20-120060490050-1

Conflict of interest:: The authors declare no apparent or potential conflicts of interest related to the publication of this article.

For citation: Kotelnikova A.V., Kukshina A.A., Turova E.A., Tihonova A.S. Binaural Acoustic Beats in the Psychological Rehabilitation of Patients with Impaired Motor Functions. Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine. 2020; 20(1): 60-69. https://doi.org/10.38025/2078-1962-2021-20-1-60-69

For correspondence: Anastasia V. Kotelnikova, e-mail: pav.kotelnikov@ya.ru



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