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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Apr;49(4):669–675. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001150

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Individual and mean brachial artery FMD measurements for all individuals before and after performing leg bench press exercise to maximal exertion. FMD was reduced in sedentary subjects (SED) following the lifting exercise (top, left; p=0.005 vs. pre-lift). When a blood pressure cuff inflated to 100 mmHg was placed on the upper arm proximal to the site of FMD measurement, FMD increased after weight lifting compared to pre-lift values (top, right; p=0.025). Exercise-trained (ET) individuals showed no change in brachial artery FMD following resistance exercise to maximal effort (bottom, right; p=0.543 vs. pre-lift); however brachial artery FMD increased when a protective cuff was placed around the upper arm (bottom, left; p<0.001 vs. pre-lift).