[The effect of verapamil on external respiratory function in bronchial asthma patients during high-altitude speleotherapy].

To study the effect of speleotherapy on external respiration (ER) in asthma, ER was investigated in 2 randomized groups of 20 asthma subjects each. Speleotherapy was conducted in 24-day courses in salt caves of Chon-Tuz (2100 m above the sea level). The overall exposure lasted 160 hrs.

[External respiratory function in healthy subjects under joint exposure to conditions of a central highlands and a salt mine microclimate].

Spirographic examinations have been performed in 20-25-year-old healthy men randomized into two groups. Group I subjects underwent a 24-day adaptation to the climate of moderate altitudes (2100 m above the sea level). In addition, group II subjects spent a few hours daily (day 5-23, altogether 170 hours) in a salt mine Chon-Tuz.