Krzysztof Czernicki

KCRiO · Rehabilitation

The present review is aimed at the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) and exergames in the prevention of falls among the elderly. Falls become a significant problem in the aging population and lead to psychological, social, and physical impairment. Prevention of falls is crucial to the well-being of the elderly population and is one of the chall...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common health problem leading to pain, limitation in physical function, a decrease in the quality of life and disability. OA affects 60–70% of the population above 65 years of age all over the world, and is associated with a high cost of healthcare. The main method of treatment of OA, apart from pharmacotherapy and surgery,...

The goal of this report is to describe a case of knee arthroplasty in a patient with over a 20 year long history of ankylosis of the left knee joint in the course of severe haemophilia A. Clinical and functional conditions were assessed by means of a Knee Society Score (KSS); pain intensity by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS); and intensity of degenerat...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the positive effects of combination of several physiotherapy methods on the respiratory function on example of a case report. 14 years old girl with an adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), right thoracic (primary curve, Cobb angle = 40°, AVR = 12°) and left lumbar (secondary curve, Cobb angle = 33°, AVR = 24°)...

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An increasing number of craniocerebral injuries among children is becoming a serious therapeutic problem for emergency wards and for chronic treatment wards. The most important problem among these patients is a lengthening period of consciousness disorders. The aim of the study is to present a sample method of rehabilitation of children with brain...

The aim of the study was to determine the level of basic knowledge about idiopathic scoliosis (IS) among students of physiotherapy. The study included 37 students of Medical University of Silesia (17F and 20M aged 22-25, mean 22.6), attending the 3(rd) year of a 1(st) degree of physiotherapy. All students had credits in kinesiotherapy, including me...

Unlabelled: Study was aimed to determine the incidence of postural faults, level of physical activity and their possible relationship in young adults. Material included 100 subjects recruited randomly among students of Medical University of Silesia (54F aged 20-28, mean=22.9, SD=2.11 and 46M aged 20-29, mean=25.1, SD=1.86). Posture was examined ac...

This study was carried out in order to determine the dependence of selected Hoffmann reflex parameters on type, progression and morphology of idiopathic scoliosis (IS). Data collected from 129 girls with IS (59 progressive and 70 non-progressive cases) aged 7-16 years and 24 healthy subjects were analysed. H-reflex index (IH) and H/M amplitude inde...

The aim of the study was the radiological evaluation of the three-dimensional asymmetric treatment of scoliosis in strict symmetric initial positions. 152 Patients (137 F and 15 M) with idiopathic progressive scoliosis (85 single scoliosis cases and 67 double-major) with proven curve progression were retrospectively analysed on the basis of radiolo...

Double crush syndrome (DCS) was first described by Upton and McComas who proposed that focal compression of an axon often occurs at more than one level. The aim of the study was to support the hypothesis of DCS of the median nerve on the basis of available diagnostic methods. 30 patients (25 F and 5 M aged 33-73, mean 54.6+/-8.2 years) with coexist...

Background. For many years the etiology of idiopathic scoliosis has been a topic of interest for researchers and clinicists. Material and methods. We examined somatosensory evoked potentials from the tibial nerves (tSSEP) in 120 children with idiopathic scoliosis, of whom 40 showed abnormal results and were retested by tSSEP one year later. The pro...

To analyze the co-occurrence of atherosclerotic lesions in CT angiograms of extra and intracranial arteries in patients with cerebral circulation insufficiency. Extra-and intracranial CTA was performed in 70 patients with symptoms of cerebral circulation insufficiency. Co-occurrence of atherosclerotic lesions at both levels and correlation between...

Developmental age idiopathic osteoporosis is a rare metabolic disease, which pathomechanism is different from involutional osteoporosis. Its etiology still remains unknown. An onset of the disease is rapid, affecting previously healthy children of both sexes aged 3.5-15. A rapid loss of bone mass is especially remarkable. Clinical picture of the di...

Conservative treatment of idiopathic scoliosis, especially kinesitherapy, is not widely appreciated due to its suspected low effectiveness in relation to a surgical treatment. After long-year assessment of patomechanics of scoliosis in Department of Rehabilitation of Medical University of Silesia a conservative method of treatment, asymmetric trunk...

Idiopathic scoliosis (IS), which is substantially a three-dimensional deformation of a spine, causes not only lateral curvature and axial rotation of vertebral column, but also lordotisation of vertebrae in structural curve extension. In an effect physiological thoracic kyphosis diminishes or even disappears. Method of asymmetric trunk mobilisation...

Current work presents the results of spirometric examinations in 124 children aged 5 to 16 years (mean age 12.1 years) suffering from idiopathic scoliosis. Children were treated according to asymmetric respiratory exercises method applied in period of 24 days. Healthy children living in Upper Silesia industrial region were the control group. Examin...

We analyzed the content of mercury in the bones of people living in a highly industrial region and therefore exposed to heavy metals. Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry was used to determine mercury while the samples were prepared using the mineralization by microwave digestion system. In analyzed samples mercury values lower than 5 ng to 0...

The concentration of lead, cadmium, zinc, copper and nickel in autopsy samples of bones from adults living in the Upper Silesian industrial district (Poland)--an ecological disaster region--was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry (flame and flameless GF AAS). Lead concentrations ranged from 20 micrograms/g to 200 micrograms/g bone wet weig...