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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Appl Physiol. 2016 Dec 24;117(2):237–246. doi: 10.1007/s00421-016-3523-7

Table 2.

Hemodynamic responses to dynamic forearm exercise.

	Protocol 1		Protocol 2		Protocol 3
	Control	SDF	Control	L-NMMA	Control	SDF+L-NMMA
Heart Rate (beat/min)
Baseline	60 ± 4	65 ± 4^†	61 ± 2	61 ± 2	62 ± 2	58 ± 3
5 minutes	64 ± 3^*	70 ± 5^*^†	64 ± 2^*	63 ± 2^*	65 ± 2^*	63 ± 3^*
Δ	4 ± 1	5 ± 1	3 ± 2	2 ± 1	3 ± 1	4 ± 1
Mean Arterial Blood Pressure (mmHg)
Baseline	91 ± 3	91 ± 3	88 ± 2	90 ± 1^†	92 ± 3	91 ± 3
5 minutes	94 ± 2	93 ± 3	90 ± 2^*	92 ± 2^*^†	91 ± 3	94 ± 4
Δ	3 ± 2	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	2 ± 1	−1 ± 1	3 ± 1
Brachial Artery Diameter (cm)
Baseline	0.36 ± 0.02	0.36 ± 0.02	0.38 ± 0.01	0.38 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.02
5 minutes	0.38 ± 0.02^*	0.38 ± 0.02^*	0.40 ± 0.01^*	0.40 ± 0.01^*	0.34 ± 0.01^*	0.33 ± 0.02^*
Δ	0.02 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.00	0.02 ± 0.00	0.02 ± 0.00	0.01 ± 0.01
Forearm Blood Flow (mL/dL forearm volume/min)
Baseline	8±2	10±1	5±1	4±0^†	9±1	6±1^†
5 minutes	35±5^*	34±4^*	17±1^*	15±1^*^†	35±5^*	29±2^*^†
Δ	27±4	25±4	12±1	11±1	27±3	23±2
Forearm Vascular Conductance (mL/dL forearm volume/min/100 mmHg)
Baseline	8±2	11±1	6±1	5±0^†	9±2	6±1^†
5 minutes	37±5^*	37±5^*	19±1^*	16±1^*^†	38±5^*	30±2^*^†
Δ	29±4	26±4	13±1	12±1^†	29±4	24±2

p<0.05 vs Baseline;

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p<0.05 vs Control