Hyperbaric gaseous cryotherapy in the rehabilitative treatment of patients presenting with gonarthrosis and coxarthrosis

This paper reports results of combined rehabilitative treatment of patients with gonarthrosis and coxarthrosis by hyperbaric gaseous cryotherapy. Evaluation of outcomes of the treatment using international Lequesne, WOMAC, and Likert indices provided a basis for the identification of predictors of responsiveness to hyperbaric gaseous cryotherapy. It was shown that this method allows the effectiveness of the rehabilitative treatment of patients with osteoarthrosis of large joints to be improved by 33%.