Reactive hyperemia: a review of methods, mechanisms, and considerations

R Rosenberry, MD Nelson - American Journal of …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Reactive hyperemia is a well-established technique for noninvasive assessment of
peripheral microvascular function and a predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular morbidity …

Assessment of resistance vessel function in human skeletal muscle: guidelines for experimental design, Doppler ultrasound, and pharmacology

JK Limberg, DP Casey, JD Trinity… - American Journal …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
The introduction of duplex Doppler ultrasound almost half a century ago signified a
revolutionary advance in the ability to assess limb blood flow in humans. It is now widely …

Structural and functional impairments of skeletal muscle in patients with postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

M Colosio, L Brocca, MF Gatti, M Neri… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Following acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a substantial proportion of patients
showed symptoms and sequelae for several months, namely the postacute sequelae of …

A newcomer's guide to functional near infrared spectroscopy experiments

RK Almajidy, K Mankodiya, M Abtahi… - IEEE Reviews in …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This review presents a practical primer for functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) with
respect to technology, experimentation, and analysis software. Its purpose is to jump-start …

Metabolic and microvascular function assessed using near‐infrared spectroscopy with vascular occlusion in women: age differences and reliability

EM Rogers, NF Banks… - Experimental Physiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the test–retest reliability of, and age‐related differences in, markers of
skeletal muscle metabolism and microvascular function derived from the near‐infrared …

Sex differences in NIRS-derived values of reactive hyperemia persist after experimentally controlling for the ischemic vasodilatory stimulus

JL Keller, MK Traylor, SM Gray… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Men and women exhibit different near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) outcomes in response
to vascular occlusion tests (VOT), which may be due to phenotypic characteristics or different …

Reliability of microvascular responsiveness measures derived from near-infrared spectroscopy across a variety of ischemic periods in young and older individuals

D Iannetta, EC Inglis, RN Soares, KM McLay… - Microvascular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is associated with impairments in microvascular
responsiveness. Therefore, reliably assessing microvascular function is clinically relevant …

The association between near-infrared spectroscopy-derived and flow-mediated dilation assessment of vascular responsiveness in the arm

RN Soares, YB Somani, DN Proctor, JM Murias - Microvascular Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Following a period of blood flow occlusion, the near-infrared spectroscopy
(NIRS)-derived reperfusion slope of the oxygen saturation signal (StO 2) is a measure of …

Interindividual differences in the ischemic stimulus and other technical considerations when assessing reactive hyperemia

R Rosenberry, D Trojacek, S Chung… - American Journal …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
Reactive hyperemia is an established, noninvasive technique to assess microvascular
function and a powerful predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality …

The effect of severe intensity bouts on muscle oxygen saturation responses in trained cyclists

A Yogev, J Arnold, H Nelson, DC Clarke… - Frontiers in sports and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) quantifies muscle oxygenation (SmO2) during exercise.
Muscle oxygenation response to self-paced, severe-intensity cycling remains unclear …