UTJECAJ TERMALNE VODE NA TJELESNE PARAMETRE KOD OSOBA SA LUMBALNIM BOLNIM SINDROMOM
INFLUENCE OF THERMAL WATER THERAPY ON VITAL BODY PARAMETERS OF PERSONS WITH LUMBAR PAIN SYNDROME

Summary/Abstract: Natural healing factors are part of the nature that surrounds us and they have a positive effect on improving and preserving health, and improving the quality of life, and are also used in the treatment and rehabilitation of patients, and can be climatic, marine and thermal (balneological). Thermomineral waters have a temperature higher than the average annual temperature of a certain place up to over 100°C. The beneficial effect of thermal mineral water on the human body can be attributed to the physical properties of water and the healing properties of minerals that reduce muscle stiffness and pain, stimulate circulation, have an antiinflammatory and relaxing effect on the body, and thus have a direct effect on body parameters. The main goal of the research was to determine whether thermo mineral water therapy improves the vital functions of the human body. Other goals were: to determine the age and gender of the subjects and the influence of these two parameters on the outcome of thermomineral water therapy and to determine how thermomineral water therapy was reflected in changes in pulse values, blood pressure and body temperature. The research was carried out as a cross-sectional study with the help of a questionnaire that aimed to monitor the basic diagnosis of the subjects, age, gender, body temperature, pulse and blood pressure. During the research, two measurements of vital parameters were made in 60 subjects. The first measurement was carried out before the application of thermomineral waters, and then after the therapeutic application in order to monitor any changes in the values of vital parameters. The research was conducted at SRC "Aquaterm" in Olovo. The obtained data were analyzed using statistical methods and will be presented tabularly and graphically in paper. The results showed that the majority of respondents belonged to the age group of 41 to 60 years with a participation of 41.7%. The majority of respondents had herniated disk as their basic diagnosis in 32.4% of cases, while in 24.3% of cases the basic diagnosis was lumbosacral syndrome. The values of systolic blood pressure after therapy with thermomineral water were lower than the initial values in 54.4% of subjects, while the values of diastolic blood pressure were lower than the initial values in 43.9% of cases. A slower heart rate after therapy with thermomineral water is recorded in 66.7% of cases.

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