IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF COLD SPINAL BATH ON AUTONOMIC AND RESPIRATORY VARIABLES IN HYPERTENSIVES
Geetha B. Shetty*, Prashanth Shetty and Balakrishna Shetty
ABSTRACT
Background & Objectives: The cold spinal bath, one of the hydrotherapeutic treatment modality is commonly used by Naturopathy physicians as a treatment of choice in Hypertension. This study was done to assess the immediate effect of cold spinal bath on the autonomic and respiratory variables and thereby substantiate the clinical understanding of its effect on blood pressure. Methods: Sixty pre diagnosed patients of Hypertension belonging to both genders aged between 38 to 67 years (55.2±9.87) were recruited for the study and were assessed for blood pressure, autonomic variables (HRV & Heart rate) and respiratory variables (respiration rate) before and immediately after the intervention of cold spinal bath for 20 minutes. Results: Data was checked for normal distribution and analysed by using paired sample t test with SPSS (Version 20.0) package. There was a significant decrease in the blood pressure, heart rate, and LF/HF ratio and increase in the HF power, NN50 and pNN50 values after the cold spinal bath. Interpretation & Conclusion: Cold spinal bath reduces sympathetic tone and shifts symapthovagal balance towards vagal dominance and hence support the claim that cold spinal bath can be effectively used in lowering the blood pressure in Hypertension.
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