Work

Impact of cutaneous blood flow on NIR-DCS measures of skeletal muscle blood flow index

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: We used passive whole body heat stress, in combination with local intradermal botulinum toxin type A treatment, to experimentally manipulate cutaneous blood flow and investigate its impact on NIR-DCS measures of skeletal muscle BFI at rest and during exercise. Collectively, the results show that cutaneous blood flow, which was augmented in response to passive whole body heat stress, markedly affects NIR-DCS-derived BFI, such that the BFI signal becomes dominated by changes in cutaneous red blood cell flux.

Source: Journal of Applied Physiology

DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00337.2021

Authors: Miles F. Bartlett, John D. Akins, Andrew P. Oneglia, R. Matthew Brothers, Dustin Wilkes, Michael D. Nelson

Institutions: The University of Texas at Arlington, Weatherford (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute