Evgenia Vladeva

Medical University of Varna · Department of Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation, Sea Treatment, Occupational Diseases and Disasters

We present a case of neurogenic bladder accompanied by chronic urine retention in a patient diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). This condition was effectively managed by low-intensity shockwave therapy (Li-ESWT). Low-intensity focused shockwave therapy (Li-ESWT) is becoming increasingly important in the treatment of urological problems. This ca...

About 20-50 % of patients with diabetes and about 60 % of those with diabetic neuropathy develop neuropathic pain, which is characterized by tingling, burning, sharp, shooting, or stabbing sensations, and even electric shock-like sensations. Painful diabetic neuropathy can significantly affect the quality of life of patients with diabetes, the abil...

Osteoarthritis, a joint disease characterized by cartilage degeneration, osteophyte formation, and changes in the joint capsule, affects multiple structures surrounding the joint, including muscles, tendons, and ligaments. With a growing interest in non-drug and non-surgical approaches for osteoarthritis prevention and treatment, physical and rehab...

Thalassotherapy is the therapeutic use of seawater or marine products to improve human health. Algae are the basis of modern thalassotherapy. The therapeutic or prophylactic use of seaweed, externally in the form of baths or internally as an extract of its plasma, is called algotherapy. Algotherapy is a special branch of phytotherapy in which marin...

Introduction: Total hip joint replacement is the most frequent surgery intervention for the treatment of degenerative diseases. Rehabilitation after surgery plays an instrumental role for functional recovery and returning to the labor market or daily activities. Although postsurgical pain and function improvement are widely explored, there is no fo...

Salt has been utilized for countless years in different regions worldwide for its health-promoting and therapeutic properties. Halotherapy is a dry salt therapy administered in settings with specialized equipment known as a halogenerator. In recent decades, halotherapy has gained the trust of an increasing number of people worldwide and spread rapi...

Peyronie's disease (PD) is a common disease in men that can lead to significant penile deformity and pain, erectile dysfunction, and mental health problems. So far, surgical correction with plaque removal offers the greatest likelihood of success during the stable phase of the disease. However, for men in the acute phase of PD or those with a milde...

Introduction: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common compression neuropathy that can lead to functional disability at working age. Since 2003, it has been registered in the list of occupational diseases of the European Union. In 2001, the disease was the sixth most frequent among all occupational diseases recognized in the European Union....

Background: Joint arthroplasty is one of the most common modern operations in orthopedics and traumatology. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation are the final phase of the endoprosthesis and are of great importance both for the rate and for the extent of functional recovery. DEEP OSCILLATION® is a patented therapeutic procedure using resonant vibration...

CTS is the most common compression neuropathy with an incidence of 125-515/100 000. It is a result of compression of the median nerve by the transverse carpal ligament. It is observed in 2 to 5% of the general population, more frequently in women.Electromyography is considered the most accurate diagnostic procedure, although it cannot be fully acce...

CTS is the most common compression neuropathy with an incidence of 125-515/100 000. It is a result of compression of the median nerve by the transverse carpal ligament. It is observed in 2 to 5% of the general population, more frequently in women.In the last few years the scientific society has acknowledged the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questio...

Wellness is a lifestyle choice based on the holistic approach to health. In this century, and during the last decade in particular, wellness centers and wellness procedures have become quite popular. And just like any trend, the one related to wellness may lead to extremes. In this specific case, the extremes are defined as a wellness syndrome – an...

Abstract. Aim of study - to evaluate of the effect of the physiotherapeutic treatment and its resistance in time, by studying the provocative tests of Tinel, Phalen, manual muscular testing of m. abductor pollicis, m. opponens pollicis. the precise key and peak grip with the fingers of the damaged hand. Materials and methods: 57 patients with mild...

When a person is healthy, he or she does not think about the role hands play in everyday life. Only when a problem arises do people realize how much their life has changed. The impairment is not only limited to the affected hand, it also has an impact on the entire organism. Discomfort is felt as a result of the present motor deficit and inability...

Abstract. The low back pain is amongst the most common reasons for physician office visits. It is a main problem of the public health in the developed countries and leads to huge economic loss. In the paper the specific clinical features, deriving from affecting different anatomic structures, leading to non-specific low back pain, are included. The...

Salt has been used for millennia in different parts of the world by different cultures because of its health benefits and therapeutic effect. Halotherapy is a dry salt therapy that is provided in environments, with special equipment called a halogenerator. In the last decades halotherapy has gained the trust of more and more people around the world...

1800 година до наши дни, от учени в цяла Европа и Далечния Изток. През последните десетилетия са публику-вани множество проучвания, които доказват ефек-тивността на халотерапията и приложението ѝ при различни заболявания. Солта като средство за лечение е документирана за първи път през 1843 година, от полския терапевт Феликс Бочковски. Той забеляза...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common compression neuropathy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a complex of physical factors and their influence upon the subjective complaints, clinical symptoms and functional status of patients with CTS, using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionary (...

The article reveals modern aspects of physical threatment of low back pain - electro- and light ther- apy, thermotherapy, passive kinesitherapy - massage, manual therapy, tractions, exercises, lasertherapy, acupuncture

The article reveals the physicochemical character- istics of the spring water and the results in treatment of coxarthrosis, gonarthrosis, spondylarthrosis, peri- arthritis, epycondilithis and some other enthesopathy. The research is based on two groups of patients - an experimental and a control group. We discuss the pos- itive effects in the treat...

BSTRACT The article reveals the physicochemical characteristics of the spring water and the results in treatment of coxarthrosis, gonarthrosis, spondylarthrosis, peri-arthritis, epycondilithis and some other enthesopathy. The research is based on two groups of patients-an experimental and a control group. We discuss the positive effects in the trea...

Late stage Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by significant worsening of symptoms, motor fluctuations and decrease of effectiveness of drug therapy. Decimeter wave therapy (DWT) is one option to enlarge treatment strategy in late PD. We studied the effect of DWT in 12 patients (7 males), aged 65,83± 4,02 years, with 6,42± 1,51 years disease...