Table 3.
Vascular responses from skin local heating and forearm heating protocols
| Experimental Group (n = 12) |
Control Group (n = 8) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preacclimation | Postacclimation | Preacclimation | Postacclimation | |
| Skin local heating protocol | ||||
| Local heating initial peak, %CVCmax | 66.4 ± 2.1 (49.4–75.9) | 68.2 ± 2.5 (54.3–81.1) | 68.7 ± 2.0 (61.8–74.3) | 66.6 ± 2.7 (51.3–73.5) |
| Local heating plateau, %CVCmax | 79.6 ± 2.0 (64.3–90.4) | 80.9 ± 1.7 (72.4–96.5) | 77.9 ± 2.3 (68.2–89.1) | 77.8 ± 1.7 (70.9–87.4) |
| Maximal skin blood flow, RBC flux | 286 ± 24 (131–464) | 302 ± 15 (222–393) | 310 ± 24 (198–397) | 308 ± 16 (246–383) |
| Forearm heating protocol | ||||
| Brachial artery blood flow, ml/min | 291 ± 13 (227–329) | 270 ± 24 (211–407) | 302 ± 31 (195–475) | 292 ± 14 (239–362) |
Values are means ± SE, with range in parentheses. CVCmax, maximal cutaneous vascular conductance. There were no significant changes in any of the variables in the control or experimental group.