Badyin I. Yu. Improving the quality of life of patients after treatment of osteochondrosis with the use of PRP-therapy. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2016;6(11):933-940. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1297015 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5603 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 755 (23.12.2015). 755 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author (s) 2016; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.11.2016. Revised 22.11.2016. Accepted: 30.11.2016. Improving the quality of life of patients after treatment of osteochondrosis with the use of PRP-therapy I. Yu. Badyin Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Transport Medicine Abstract There are a large number of methods for treating patients with cervical osteochondrosis. In the last decade, methods for the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) have been actively developed and are being introduced into practical medicine: to favor the engraftment of dental grafts, the healing of chronic trophic fistula of the extremities, and also for the targeted regeneration of damaged organs. Quality of life is an integral indicator of the totality of physical, psychological, emotional and social functioning characteristics of a person, consisting of subjective sensations and perception of one's health state. Assessment of QOL at the present stage takes an increasingly strong place in medicine, which reflects on the one hand, the emergence of new medical technologies that do not affect life expectancy, but significantly improve its quality, and on the other - increasing the patient's activity, increasing his role in choosing methods diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Information on individual QOL contributes to more accurate planning and timely correction of the patient's treatment program, which is especially important in the treatment of long-term, chronic diseases, which include OX. The results of treatment of 120 patients with vertebrogenic pathology treated in the neurological department are presented. The obtained data illustrate the improvement of the indices of functional tests of the spine in the group of patients taking PRP-therapy. Key words: osteochondrosis, platelet enriched plasma, OTP therapy, regeneration, quality of life