[Neurorehabilitation in myelopathies caused by tuberculosis-induced ostitis and other diseases of the vertebral column].

An algorithm of stepwise neurorehabilitation has been developed for patients with vertebrogenic myelopathy. The algorithm is constructed as a hierarchy of parallel and series tasks to recovery movement capacities of a paralyzed patient. Their solution requires the use of original procedures, such as initiation of locomotor activity by dermal and epidural spinal cord electrostimulation, propriospinal stimulation, dynamic vertical posture training, as well as treadmill therapy, tetrapedal walk, and therapeutic exercises. Neurorehabilitative treatment by the proposed algorithm was performed in 41 patients with vertebrogenic myelopathy, including 41 patients with clinically complete plegia. In baseline complete plegias, recovery of varying degree or compensation of locomotor capacities was achieved in 71% of the patients, in incomplete plegias, improvement of motor function was observed in all the patients.