Hemodynamic Change after Half Body Bathing in Patients with Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 647-653, 2005.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-723813
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Nowadays half body bathing (H-bath) became popular with increasing interests of health and well-being. H-bath is expected to be beneficial and safe as well as conventional whole body bathing (W-bath). However, there has been no formal report on the safety and effectiveness of H-bath. Therefore, this study tried to evaluate and compare the cardiovascular response during H-bath and W-bath in patients with or without cardiovascular disease.METHOD:
17 subjects with at least one cardiovascular risk factor and 15 subjects without any cardiovascular risk factor took H-bath while 22 healthy control group without any cardiovascular risk factor took W-bath. Changes of skin and oral temperature as well as hemodynamic responses (systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate) were measured.RESULTS:
Increasing of systolic blood pressure and heart rate in H-bath was statistically lowered compared to W-bath as time goes by in bathing (p<0.05). There were no significant difference in patients with and without cardiovascular disease.CONCLUSION:
Heart rate, temperature, systolic blood pressure showed a more gradual increase during H-bath than during W-bath. We propose that H-bath could be a more safe and compliant method of cardiac rehabilitation in patients with cardiovascular disease.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Rehabilitation
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Skin
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Baths
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Blood Pressure
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Cardiovascular Diseases
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Risk Factors
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Heart
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Heart Rate
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Hemodynamics
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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