• Dr. Vidyasagar
• Dr. Geetha kumari v
• Dr. Prashanth Shetty
• Dr. Sujatha K. J

Abstract: Cold spinal spray and cold spinal bath are the hydrotherapy treatments which are commonly used by naturopathy physicians, for the better employment of such treatments used in various disease conditions, the basic physiological effects should be well understood. Hence, this study aims at comparing the effects of cold spinal spray and cold spinal bath on autonomic variables in healthy volunteers. 60 healthy volunteers were randomly allocated into cold spinal spray and cold spinal bath. Intervention was given for the duration of 20 minutes. Subjects were assessed for blood pressure and Heart rate variability (HRV) before, after and at the end of one hour of intervention. Following result of cold spinal spray (CSS) and cold spinal bath (CSB), the immediate assessment showed a significant increase in the square root of the mean squared difference between adjacent N-N interval (RMSSD) and decrease low frequency (LF), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in both groups and increases consecutive normal sinus (NN) intervals exceeds 50 ms (NN50) in CSS group and decrease in low frequency/high frequency ratio (LH/HF ratio) in CSB group. Whereas assessments after one hour in both groups showed a significant increase in RMSSD and increase in NN50, the fraction of consecutive NN intervals that differ by more than 50 ms (pNN50) and reduction in heart rate (HR), very low frequency (VLF), SBP, and DBP in CSS group is noted. When both the groups are compared with each other, there were significant changes seen in RMSSD in the immediate assessments and there were no significant differences were noted when assessed after one hour. Both immediate and post one hour results of these two hydrotherapeutic interventions reported a shift of sympatho-vagal balance towards parasympathetic dominance. Therefore, these treatments can be applied for improving cardiac health and for achieving relaxation.

Naturopathy; hydrotherapy; cold spinal spray; cold spinal bath; heart rate; blood pressure; autonomic nervous system.

"COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EFFECT OF COLD SPINAL SPRAY AND COLD SPINAL BATH ON AUTONOMIC VARIABLES IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.353-360, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906O53.pdf

"COMPARATIVE STUDY ON EFFECT OF COLD SPINAL SPRAY AND COLD SPINAL BATH ON AUTONOMIC VARIABLES IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp353-360, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906O53.pdf