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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2010 Jul;42(7):1296–1302. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181ca7b06

Table 3.

Blood velocity profiles (resting) and shear stimulus (post cuff release) at baseline and following 4 weeks of exercise

Baseline (Pre-training) Week 4 (post-training)
EXP Arm
Antegrade Velocity (cm/s) 16.5 ± 5.9 18.6 ± 6.4
Retrograde Velocity (cm/s) 3.9 ± 4 2.7 ± 3.2
Ante-/Retrograde Ratio (AU) 15.3 ± 19.9 10.34 ± 7
Vmean (cm/s) 12.6 ± 7.2 15.92 ± 7
Shear Stimulus (AUC) 5472.9 ± 1216.9 6776.7 ± 1313.2*
CON Arm
Antegrade Velocity (cm/s) 19.5 ± 8.7 14.7 ± 6.3
Retrograde Velocity (cm/s) 3.4 ± 3.4 3.4 ± 2.3
Ante-/Retrograde Ratio (AU) 24.9 ± 38.8 15.5 ± 27.5
Vmean (cm/s) 16 ± 10.9 11.3 ± 6.7
Shear Stimulus (AUC) 6579.2 ± 1475.7 7664.1 ± 2568.8*

Values are mean ± SD for 12 participants

*

Significant vs. baseline, p ≤ 0.05