Changes of electrocardiographic parameters and their dynamic concatenations during whole-body cryotherapy and peloidotherapy procedures

Research of electrocardiographic parameters, especially changes of their concatenations and assessment using new methods of mathematical analysis is a new opportunity to practically apply complex systems theory in order to reveal the effects, caused by factors of health resorts. The standard 12-lead ECG was registered synchronously and continuously through the procedures of whole body cryotherapy and peloidotherapy (mud baths) and changes of ECG parameters during these procedures were evaluated. A new mathematical analysis method, which consists of creating matrices of two processes and deducting a discriminant, was used to evaluate changes of dynamical concatenations of ECG parameters and functional changes of human organism’s complexity, which take place during general cryotherapy and peloidotherapy procedures. Organism’s sensitivity to cold and changes of adaptive reactions during repeated exposure to this factor during general cryotherapy was also assessed. Adaptive reactions and complexity of functioning of the organism within groups of various age and gender were compared according to the changes of heart rate variability. This research has revealed even small specificities and differences of reactions, which could not be identified by employing conventional electrocardiography. This test method could be widely applied in future researches in the field of health resort, particularly when introducing new procedures, researching or comparing treatment-induced effects, and modelling feedback