In the authors’ department the effect of various types of treatment or their combination in the therapy of ostearthritis was assessed and evaluated. Types of treatment: remedial exercise, electrotherapy, balneotherapy, laser therapy and medicamentous analgesic therapy. The effect was evaluated according to subjective data of the patients before the onset and after termination o f treatment. Based on the results assembled from the patients, the authors found that the greatest effect was obtained by combinations of all types of treatment.

        Key words: osteoarthritis, electrotherapy, laser therapy, cryotherapy, NSA, analgesics