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Introduction. One of the main tasks of the rehabilitation is to train the patient and his relatives, restore their ability to basic household self-care, form a commitment to secondary prevention, and improve the patient’s adaptation to the environment. Volunteers can playan important role in informing patients. The aim of the work was to analyze the knowledge of patients with neurological pathology about the ways of social adaptation, improving the quality of their daily life and the formation of health-saving competencies in medical students. Materials and methods. The study included 220 neurological patients who, at the IvSMA clinic, listened to conversations in the frames of the School of Health. An analysis of their awareness of the issues under discussion was carried out using specially designed tests. An analysis of the awareness of 205 students of different courses of study at a medical academy on similar issues was conducted. Conversations with patients were conducted by students of volunteer group. Research results and discussion. Analysis of the results of testing patients in each conversation showed an improvement in their awareness with an increase in the number of points scored by 1–2 for each lesson (p

Study Objective: To evaluate dose-dependent effects of adjunctive treatment with ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate within a comprehensive course of rehabilitation, in cerebral stroke patients with movement disorders in the second stage of rehabilitation. Study Design: This was a randomized study. Materials and Methods: Forty ischemic stroke patients were examined, and divided into three groups. Ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate was given intramuscularly to 18 patients: 250 mg/day (5 mL) in Group 1 (n = 9) and 100 mg/day (2 mL) in Group 2 (n = 9). In Group 3 (n = 22) patients did not receive this drug. All patients underwent a complete examination, including assessment of the following parameters: static and dynamic balance, as assessed by the Standing Balance Test and the Berg Balance Test; walking (Hauser Ambulation Index); and emotional (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), cognitive (Montreal Cognitive Assessment), and sensory (Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale) functions. Patients’ balance status was objectively assessed using stabilometric parameters. Study Results: Group 1 patients showed a significant increase in Berg Balance Test scores (from 44.00 [42.00; 47.00] to 46.00 [42.00; 49.00]) and a decrease in statokinesigram area (with eyes closed) (from 910.92 [36.20; 2,633.50] mm2 to 620.98 [213.40; 1,676.30] mm2 (p < 0.05). All groups exhibited trends toward improvement of static balance, quality of walking, and cognitive and sensory functions, but only the changes in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Group 1 were statistically significant (from 24.67 [19; 27] to 26.67 [22; 29]). Conclusion: Adjunctive ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate, 5 mL (250 mg/day), within a course of rehabilitation improved patients’ balance status and cognitive functions. Patients who received this medication at a dose of 2 mL (100 mg/day) and those who did not receive it showed no significant improvement during rehabilitation. Keywords: stroke, balance, neurometabolic therapy, ethylmethylhydroxypyridine succinate.