The Immediate Effect of Cold Circular Jet on Autonomic and Respiratory Variables in Healthy Volunteers
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 12
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Cold Circular Jet [CCJ] is specially made equipment that directs multiple small but powerful streams of water from all directions on the patient. It is clinically used as a treatment modality in Naturopathy however its effects on Autonomic and Respiratory variables (ARV) has not been reported. The present study was aimed at evaluating the effect of CCJ on ARV in healthy volunteers in causing sympathetic/parasympathetic activation immediately post treatment. Methods: A Pre-post study was conducted consisting of 60 healthy students from the SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, Ujire. Group 1(n=30) were assessed for Heart Rate, Heart rate Variability, Pulse Plethysmography (PPG) and Respiration before and immediately after the intervention using the Polygraph [BIOPAC MP36]. Each subject underwent the CCJ for 10 minutes during the treatment. Group 2 (n=30) were assessed for the ARV in neutral position (NP) without intervention. Both the sessions of CCJ & NP were of 10 minutes duration conducted over a period of 12 days. Statistical analysis was performed by independent samples t-test and student’s paired t-test using Microsoft Excel-version 14 (2011, USA.). Results:No significant differences were seen between the sessions in heart rate (HR), pulse plethysmogram (PPG), respiratory rate (RR), R-R wave Interval (RRI), square root of mean of sum of the squares of differences between adjacent NN intervals (RMSSD), number of interval differences of successive NN intervals greater than 50-milliseconds (NN50), proportion of NN50 (pNN50), very low frequency (VLF), low frequency (LF), high frequency (HF), ratio of LF and HF (LF/HF). Within group analysis showed significant decrease in PPG, HR, LF/HF ratio and increase in pNN50. Insignificant increase in RR, RRI, RMSSD, NN50, HF and decrease in VLF, LF were observed in CCJ. In the NP group, PPG, HR were seen to be insignificantly reduced, other variables being more or less unchanged. Interpretation &Conclusion: CCJ does not significantly improve the ARV compared to NP however within group analysis shows significant reduction in PPG, HR and LF/HF ratio and increase in pNN50. This indicates parasympathetic activity predominance. Therefore, CCJ may be considered as having some effects on ARV in healthy volunteers but requires further validation to prove its effects.
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Ashwin . V. P, Prashanth Shetty, Tejaswini M, Jameel S, Govinda Kumar Trivedi
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