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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sports Med. 2019 Sep;49(9):1365–1381. doi: 10.1007/s40279-019-01146-1

Figure 5: Contribution of nitric oxide to the hyperemic response to passive leg movement (PLM).

Figure 5:

Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase was accomplished by the local intra-arterial infusion of L-NMMA (NG-monomethyl-L-arginine) into to common femoral artery. L-NMMA diminished the absolute leg blood flow (LBF, ml/min) and the overall hyperemic response measured by the LBF area under the curve (ml) during the first 60 sec of PLM (inset). One minute of baseline (resting) data was collected before PLM and the transition from rest to PLM occurred at time 0 on the x-axis. Modified from Trinity et al. 2012 [40].