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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2010 Oct 2;111(3):509–519. doi: 10.1007/s00421-010-1657-6

Table 4.

Hemodynamic responses to 10 min of forearm ischemia in the non-dominant (intervention) forearm before (0 weeks) and after 2 and 4 weeks of intermittent forearm compressions

50 mmHg (n = 8)
 100 mmHg (n = 8)
 150 mmHg (n = 8)
0 weeks 2 weeks 4 weeks 0 weeks 2 weeks 4 weeks 0 weeks 2 weeks 4 weeks
Baseline SBP (mmHg) 120 ± 6.4 118 ± 5.2 116 ± 4.8 121 ± 3.4 117 ± 1.8 120 ± 1.8 119 ± 4.5 120 ± 2.8 118 ± 3.3
Baseline DBP (mmHg) 68 ± 4.0 61 ± 2.3* 58 ± 2.1* 67 ± 4.4 67 ± 2.8 68 ± 3.3 66 ± 2.9 66 ± 3.6 63 ± 2.7
Baseline MAP (mmHg) 85 ± 3.8 80 ± 2.4* 78 ± 1.3* 85 ± 3.1 83 ± 2.3 85 ± 2.4 83 ± 2.9 84 ± 3.1 81 ± 2.7
Baseline HR (bpm) 63 ± 5.5 57 ± 4.4 56 ± 3.7 55 ± 3.7 56 ± 3.0 54 ± 2.6 60 ± 4.0 57 ± 2.6 60 ± 3.5
RH SBP (mmHg) 122 ± 5.2 116 ± 5.5 115 ± 4.3 122 ± 4.2 117 ± 2.6 120 ± 2.1 118 ± 4.0 121 ± 2.7 117 ± 2.4
RH DBP (mmHg) 73 ± 2.7 59 ± 3.3* 62 ± 1.6* 68 ± 5.2 72 ± 3.3 73 ± 3.6 65 ± 4.0 65 ± 2.9 66 ± 3.3
RH MAP (mmHg) 89 ± 2.9 78 ± 3.2* 79 ± 1.9* 86 ± 4.3 87 ± 2.7 88 ± 2.9 82 ± 2.1 84 ± 2.6 83 ± 3.0
RH HR (bpm) 60 ± 5.0 54 ± 3.5* 55 ± 4.3* 55 ± 3.0 55 ± 3.5 54 ± 3.0 61 ± 3.0 57 ± 2.6 56 ± 2.4
Baseline FBF (ml(100 ml)−1 min−1) 2.5 ± 0.4 1.7 ± 0.3 2.4 ± 0.6 2.0 ± 0.2 2.6 ± 0.6 2.1 ± 0.2 2.4 ± 0.7 3.0 ± 0.8 2.4 ± 0.7
Baseline FVC
 (ml(100 ml)−1 min−1 mmHg−1)		 0.3 ± 0.08 0.2 ± 0.04 0.3 ± 0.06 0.2 ± 0.03 0.3 ± 0.07 0.3 ± 0.03 0.3 ± 0.07 0.3 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.1
PBF (ml(100 ml)−1 min−1) 23 ± 1.6 19 ± 1.8 19 ± 2.6 24 ± 2.5 24 ± 2.8 21 ± 1.4 21 ± 2.2 24 ± 1.8 25 ± 2.8
PVC (ml(100 ml)−1 min−1 mmHg−1) 0.2 ± 0.02 0.2 ± 0.02 0.2 ± 0.03 0.2 ± 0.02 0.2 ± 0.03 0.2 ± 0.01 0.2 ± 0.02 0.2 ± 0.02 0.3 ± 0.03
AUCSR 1510 ± 122 1303 ± 128 1312 ± 162 1745 ± 244 1791 ± 234 1448 ± 109 1412 ± 202 1699 ± 118 1690 ± 129
AUCRH 293 ± 40 226 ± 30 231 ± 26 342 ± 50 346 ± 44 262 ± 15 264 ± 39 303 ± 42 299 ± 27
FMD (%) 8.7 ± 1.2 7.5 ± 1.4 8.3 ± 1.4 7.7 ± 0.9 10.7 ± 1 10.4 ± 2 12 ± 1.9 11.5 ± 1 11.7 ± 1.6
FMD/AUCSR 0.007 ± 0.0008 0.008 ± 0.001 0.01 ± 0.001 0.005 ± 0.0005 0.007 ± 0.0005 0.008 ± 0.001 0.009 ± 0.001 0.009 ± 0.0008 0.008 ± 0.0008

Values are as mean ± SE

SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, HR heart rate, RH reactive hyperemia, PBF peak blood flow, PVC peak vascular conductance, AUCSR shear rate area under the curve, AUCRH blood flow area under the curve of the reactive hyperemic response

*

Significant difference from 0 weeks (baseline) at P < 0.01