Olfactory training: current status and request for the future

  • Authors: Nagovskaya V.1, Svistushkin M.2,3, Tonkovtseva V.4, Zinchenko I.5, Svistushkin V.5
  • Affiliations:
    1. Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)
    2. ФГАОУ ВО “Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И.М. Сеченова Минздрава России (Сеченовский Университет)”
    4. Federal State Funded Institution of Science “The Labour Red Banner Order Nikitsky Botanical Gardens – National Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Yalta, Republic of the Crimea, Russia
    5. Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)
  • Section: Обзорная научная статья
  • URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2310-3825/article/view/629850
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.33848/fopr629850
  • ID: 629850

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Abstract

Olfactory training, proposed as a rehabilitation direction for non-drug recovery and treatment of olfaction, can be useful for a wide range of patients, including those with post infectious loss of sense of smell. Currently, there is significant variability in the sets of flavors used, the duration and schemes of olfactory training. The purpose of this work is an analytical review devoted to the methods of olfactory training, which classifies and systematizes the techniques. The first successfully conducted and described study of olfactory training for the treatment of patients with loss of sense of smell of various etiologies was conducted for 12 weeks twice a day, where patients inhaled 4 fragrant substances isolated from essential oils (aromas: pink, eucalyptus, lemon, clove). Also, during rehabilitation, aromatic substances of various compositions are used – monocomponents, synthetic fragrances, essential oils and household aromatic substances. The duration of olfactory training in research varies from 4 weeks to 56-84 weeks inclusive. The training is most effective in long-term exposure groups from 20 to 56 weeks. By selecting certain components and observing the duration of training, this technique can improve the quality of the threshold sensitivity of aromas and their identification, which has a positive effect on health and many areas of human life and can be used in the rehabilitation of the sense of smell.

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Victoria Valeria Nagovskaya

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)

Email: vnagovska@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4729-8716

клинический ординатор кафедры болезней уха, горла и носа, Института клинической медицины им. Н.В. Склифосовского, 

Russian Federation, 119991, Россия, Москва, ул. Трубецкая, д. 8, стр.2

Mikhail Svistushkin

ФГАОУ ВО “Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет им. И.М. Сеченова Минздрава России (Сеченовский Университет)”;

Email: svistmih@live.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8552-1395

кандидат медицинских наук, ассистент кафедры болезней уха, горла и носа, Института клинической медицины им. Н.В. Склифосовского,

Russian Federation, 119991, Россия, Москва, ул. Трубецкая, д. 8, стр. 2

Valentina Tonkovtseva

Federal State Funded Institution of Science “The Labour Red Banner Order Nikitsky Botanical Gardens – National Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Yalta, Republic of the Crimea, Russia

Email: valyalta@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5380-5828

кандидат психологических наук, старший научный сотрудник сектора стандартизации 

Russian Federation, 298648, Россия, Республика Крым, г. Ялта, пгт Никита, Никитский спуск, 52

Igor Zinchenko

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)

Email: zinig0201@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-6499-5659

студент 4 курса Института клинической медицины им. Н.В. Склифосовского

Russian Federation, 119991, Россия, Москва, ул. Трубецкая, д. 8, стр.2

Valery Svistushkin

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: svvm3@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7414-1293

доктор медицинских наук, профессор, директор клиники болезней уха, горла и носа,Института клинической медицины им. Н.В. Склифосовского

Russian Federation, 119991, Россия, Москва, ул. Трубецкая, д. 8, стр.2

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