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T1 - Enhanced endothelial activity reflected in cutaneous blood flow oscillations of athletes
AU - Kvernmo, Hebe Désirée
AU - Stefanovska, Aneta
AU - Kirkebøen, Knut Arvid
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - Functional alterations of vascular endothelial cells may be evaluated by analysing differences in effects of endothelium-dependent [acetylcholine (ACh)] and endothelium-independent [sodium nitroprusside (SNP)] vasodilators. We evaluated whether a dynamic approach using spectral analysis of the blood flow signal, resulting from the cutaneous red cell flux and recorded by the technique of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF), can detect higher endothelial responsiveness in trained versus less trained individuals. There was a 1.6 times higher ACh-induced cutaneous perfusion in athletes than in controls (P
AB - Functional alterations of vascular endothelial cells may be evaluated by analysing differences in effects of endothelium-dependent [acetylcholine (ACh)] and endothelium-independent [sodium nitroprusside (SNP)] vasodilators. We evaluated whether a dynamic approach using spectral analysis of the blood flow signal, resulting from the cutaneous red cell flux and recorded by the technique of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF), can detect higher endothelial responsiveness in trained versus less trained individuals. There was a 1.6 times higher ACh-induced cutaneous perfusion in athletes than in controls (P
KW - acetylcholine
KW - HUMAN-SKIN
KW - VESSELS
KW - PATTERNS
KW - spectral analysis
KW - VASOMOTION
KW - RELAXATION
KW - FLUX MOTION
KW - wavelet transform
KW - oscillations
KW - EXERCISE
KW - VASODILATION
KW - endothelium-mediated vasodilatation
KW - LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY
KW - PERFUSION SIGNAL
U2 - 10.1007/s00421-003-0867-6
DO - 10.1007/s00421-003-0867-6
M3 - Journal article
VL - 90
SP - 16
EP - 22
JO - European Journal of Applied Physiology
JF - European Journal of Applied Physiology
SN - 1439-6319
IS - 1-2
ER -