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Positional Differences In Reactive Hyperemia Provide Insight Into Initial Phase Of Exercise Hyperemia., Jeffrey L Jasperse, J Kevin Shoemaker, Eric J Gray, Philip S Clifford
Positional Differences In Reactive Hyperemia Provide Insight Into Initial Phase Of Exercise Hyperemia., Jeffrey L Jasperse, J Kevin Shoemaker, Eric J Gray, Philip S Clifford
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Studies have reported a greater blood flow response to muscle contractions when the limb is below the heart compared with above the heart, and these results have been interpreted as evidence for a skeletal muscle pump contribution to exercise hyperemia. If limb position affects the blood flow response to other vascular challenges such as reactive hyperemia, this interpretation may not be correct. We hypothesized that the magnitude of reactive hyperemia would be greater with the limb below the heart. Brachial artery blood flow (Doppler ultrasound) and blood pressure (finger-cuff plethysmography) were measured in 10 healthy volunteers. Subjects lay supine with …