The creator of this therapy is A.M. Sheliakin with I.G. Preobrazhenskaya from the Prof. O.V. Bogdanov Institute of Medical Rehabilitation (St Petersburg, Russia). It is a transcranial direct current brain stimulation (tDCS) method. It is a completely safe, non-invasive, and painless method performed using surface electrodes that are placed on the patient’s head. A galvanic current of 1-2 mA and constant direction is used, the aim being to neuromodulate the cortical centres so that a fixed cyclic repetition of excitation occurs. This therapy has its uses in the neurorehabilitation of patients with both brain damage and various neurological dysfunctions. This method is currently being researched at, among others, the Universita di Milano (Italy), the University of Gottigen, the University of Luebech (Germany), the Harvard Center for Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, Boston (USA), and the Institute of the Human Brain, St. Petersburg (Russia).

Brain micropolarisation arrived in Poland in 2003 and is rapidly becoming more and more popular.

The therapy is common in Western European countries such as France, Germany, England, Italy and also the USA. In Norway, the therapy is provided as part of a government programme which greatly facilitates treatment for patients. Micropolarisation can be applied to the prefrontal, visual, somatosensory and motor cortex, thus influencing motor, cognitive and perceptual functions, as well as enabling and significantly accelerating the effective rehabilitation of neurological patients. Constant current stimulation has a positive effect on modulating the function of disturbed neural circuits, paving the way for a natural cascade of self-repair processes. Hence, it activates the phenomenon of compensatory neuroplasticity and promotes motor, affective and cognitive training, including memory, speech and perceptual and attentional concepts. The best effect is achieved by combining transcranial micropolarisation with neurorehabilitation. Passive electrically induced modulation both accelerates and facilitates maximum effect after therapeutic training. Based on research, Prof. Alexei M. Shelyakin found that , “the effectiveness of treatment using brain micropolarisation is on average 44% higher than with traditional metod‼️

Indications for tDCS micropolarisation include:

  • dystonia,
  • aphasia,
  • strokes,
  • chronic pain,
  • cranio-cerebral strokes with neurological deficits,
  • cerebral palsy,
  • autism,
  • ADHD,
  • memory dysfunctions,
  • drug-resistant epilepsy,
  • tinnitus,
  • addictions, depression,
  • certain psychiatric disorders,
  • degenerative brain diseases (Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease) with emotional-personality and cognitive disorders,
  • tics,
  • school difficulties,
  • delayed speech development,
  • delayed psychomotor development,
  • psychosomatic and psycho-emotional disorders.

Contraindications include pregnancy, foreign bodies (metal clips, implants). The only complication after the procedure is reddening of the skin at the electrode site, but this disappears within a few minutes after the procedure.

The application of tDCS in patients with speech therapy disorders resulted in the emergence of new sounds and words, and there was an improvement or understanding of directed speech. It was both clear and meaningful. The combination of micropolarisation with speech therapy accelerated the improvement of speech disorders by up to 2-3 krotnie‼️

In patients with movement disorders, the therapy has resulted in:

  • normalisation of muscle tone,
  • increasing the amount of movement,
  • a reduction in the expressiveness of both pathological postural reflexes and hyperkinesis,
  • a reduction in the expressiveness of faulty postures (bending position of the arms, bending or crossing the legs),
  • the acquisition of new correct habits of movement, i.e. efficient hands, crawling, sitting, standing or even walking.

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Also very important is the improvement in the patient’s mood, reduction of fear, aggressiveness, normalisation of mental and sleep functions, increased motivation for treatment, appeared communicativeness, interest in the surroundings, marked improvement in learning ability. Micropolarisation also improves visual acuity 2-3 times, widening of visual fields by 5-10 degrees, reduction of nystagmus and also strabismus angle by 5 degrees. On the basis of numerous studies in patients with neurosensory dulling of hearing, a significant reduction in auditory thresholds was observed after this therapy. With micropolarisation treatments, a reduction in seizures of 2-10 times compared with baseline rates was noted, as well as an increase in the interval between seizures. In patients in the acute phase of brain disease, a rapid resolution of general cerebral symptoms was observed even after 2-3 treatments, while subsequent treatments were followed by stabilisation and reduction of the area of neurological deficit, the appearance of movement in the limbs and partial regression of mixed aphasia. Po series of micropolarisation treatments, an improvement in electrophysiological indices of the functional state of the brain and spinal cord was also noted. On the electroencephalographic imaging side, there was a reduction in general and focal activity, an increase in the index, normalisation of the amplitude of the regular alpha rhythm and the appearance of previously absent cortical responses to standard functional tests. Complete restoration of autoregulation of cerebral blood flow was noted in patients. On the basis of computed tomography findings in patients with acute focal cerebral palsy, it was noted that there was no increase in the manifestation of cerebral oedema, that the transition zone was stabilised and that the focus of damage healed more quickly. Hence, in some cases, it allowed surgical intervention to be avoided or minimised.

The brain micropolarisation treatment is applied over the following 10-15 days. The therapy requires systematic sessions (daily or every other day to consolidate the post-stimulatory effect).

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Mikropolaryzacja – wykład “Kliniczne i fizjologiczne aspekty terapii mikropolaryzacjnej”, A.M. Sheliakin, I.G. Preobrażenskaja Instytut Rehabilitacji Medycznej im. prof. O.W. Bogdanowa Sankt Petersburg, Rosja