One of the most probable and controversial hypotheses regarding the etiology of essential arterial hypertension, is the increase in arterial pressure due to intracranial ischemia, for various reasons, particularly because of cervical osteochondrosis. The daily arterial blood pressure dynamics is of interest when attempting non-pharmacological induced correction of arterial pressure by manual and physical effects on the cervical spine.

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate daily arterial pressure dynamics in patients with essential arterial hypertension who received non-pharmacological treatment by manual-physical action on the cervical spine (A.J. Shishonin method).

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The main group consisted of 120 patients (61 men and 59 women, mean age 59.3±8.5 and 59.8±8.2 years respectively) with pre-hypertension or hypertension 1st degree (systolic AD in the range from 135 to 159 mm Hg. or diastolic AD from 85 to 99 mm Hg. All patients had signs of impaired blood flow through the vertebral arteries in the ultrasound (US) examination. The control group (comparison group) was formed from patients comparable by sex and age. The participants of the study groups had a low propensity to use pharmaceuticals and refused to take medicines. Patients of the studied (main) group were submitted to manual-physical correction with effect, mainly, on the cervical spine by method A.Yu. Shishonina. The technique consists of two stages: 1) manual action to improve blood; 2) exercise to form a muscular corset to maintain the effect. Patients in the control group did not receive targeted therapy. All patients were analyzed daily blood pressure profile through daily 24-hour arterial pressure monitoring technique.

RESULTS

As a result of the therapy, a reliable decrease in the mean daily systolic arterial pressure of 140.1±3.9 mm Hg was recorded up to 129.2±3.8 mm Hg (p<0.05), as well as day and night systolic arterial pressure. Verified reduction of variability of systolic and diastolic arterial pressure in the process of manual-physical correction, both during day and night. The reliable movement of the index of time of hypertension during the day is recorded only for systolic arterial pressure, which decreased from 43.0±3.4 to 24.1±2.5% (p<0.01). Also, after the course of manual-physical correction in patients of the studied group is recorded a reliably lower rate of morning diastolic arterial pressure rise, differing by 40% — with 9.7±1.1 mm Hg per hour to 5.5±1.3 mm Hg per hour (p<0.01) and systolic arterial pressure from 14.4±1.9 to 7.3±1.9 (p<0.01).

CONCLUSION

Manual-physical correction in patients with degenerative-dystrophic lesions of the spine, has a hypotensive effect on most known indicators of 24-hour arterial pressure monitoring arterial pressure monitoring.