Impact of cold douche to abdomen on gastric myoelectrical activity and autonomic variables in healthy young adults

Douche is a hydrotherapeutic modality which uses water application with pressure to desired body parts using a single or multiple columns of water. In the therapeutic employment of the douche, active three factors are: temperature, pressure and duration . Anecdotal studies show that cold abdominal douche can be helpful in managing the altered gastric motility. It is essential to understand the underlying mechanisms before applying them as a theraputic agents. So the present study was designed to assess the influence of cold douche to abdomen on gastric myoelectrical activity.

Grouping

30 healthy subjects will be assessed at 2 times with a wash out period of 2 days by dividing into 2 groups with equal number

2 Groups

Group 1 (n=15)

Group 2 (n=15)

The institutional ethical clearance will be obtained prior to the conduct of the study. An informed consent will be obtained from the individuals by explaining the study objectives, methods, intervention after an appraisal about the study protocol. All the rights of the individual pertaining to the study will be explained to the individual in their convenient language.

after selecting the elegible subjects. Allotment will be done by using a computer generated random number

Day 1: Subject 1- Cold douche to abdomen(5min)

Subject 2- neutral douche to abdomen

Day 4: Subject 1- neutral douche to abdomen(5min)

Subject 2- Cold douche to abdomen(5min)

Assessments will be done before and after intervention at time intervals at T= 0,1,2,3

T= 0(baseline)

T= 1(immediately after the intervention)

T= 2(30minutes after intervention)

T= 3(1hr after intervention)

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