Figure 1.

Illustrated here is the relationship between blood flow (flux) obtained on a Laser Doppler Imager and the time that the blood flow was collected in seconds on Caucasian subjects. Each point represents the mean of the results of the 10 subjects ± the respective standard deviation under 2 conditions. In the first condition, occlusion was applied for the arm for 4 minutes in a thermally neutral room. Blood flow was then recorded throughout the 4 minute period and the 2 minute period following the release of the occlusion cuff. In the second set of experiments, occlusion was also applied for 4 minutes but with the arm warmed to 42°C with the thermode during the occlusion and for 2 minutes following the occlusion.