Gut microbiota dysbiosis-associated obesity and its involvement in cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. A systematic review

N Hamjane, MB Mechita, NG Nourouti, A Barakat - Microvascular Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Obesity is a complex, multifactorial disease caused by various factors. Recently,
the role of the gut microbiota in the development of obesity and its complications has …

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 …

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 …

Differences in vascular function between trained and untrained limbs assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy

RN Soares, MA George, DN Proctor… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to examine whether differences in vascular
responsiveness associated with training status would be more prominent in the trained limb …

NIRS-Derived Muscle-Deoxygenation and Microvascular Reactivity During Occlusion–Reperfusion at Rest Are Associated With Whole-Body Aerobic Fitness

A Koutlas, I Smilios, EM Kokkinou… - … Quarterly for Exercise …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) indices during arterial occlusion–reperfusion
maneuver have been used to examine the muscle's oxidative metabolism and microvascular …

The effect of four weeks blood flow restricted resistance training on macro-and micro-vascular function in healthy, young men

M Horiuchi, L Stoner, J Poles - European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To determine the macrovascular and microvascular function responses to
resistance training with blood flow restriction (BFR) compared to high-load resistance …

Tissue desaturation is not a major determinant of aging-related impairment in skeletal muscle reactive hyperemia: a retrospective analysis

TS Alvares, RN Soares - American Journal of Physiology …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Near-infrared spectroscopy combined with vascular occlusion test (NIRS-VOT) is a reactive
hyperemia technique for in vivo evaluation of skeletal muscle microvascular reactivity …

Microvascular responses during reactive hyperemia assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy and arterial stiffness in young, middle-aged, and older women

M Horiuchi, K Okita - Microvascular Research, 2020 - Elsevier
We investigated the effects of age on microvascular responses during reactive hyperemia
and arterial stiffness in 13 young (22±1 years), 12 middle-aged (42±5 years), and 15 older …

The utility of the reperfusion rate of tissue oxygen saturation as a measure of vascular endothelial function in adolescents: reliability, validity and sensitivity

SH Kranen, RS Oliveira, B Bond, CA Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-derived reperfusion rate of tissue
oxygen saturation (slope 2 StO2) may provide a surrogate measure of vascular function …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of the analysis strategy on the correlation between the NIRS reperfusion measures and the FMD response

RN Soares, GV de Oliveira, TS Alvares… - Microvascular …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the correlation between near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-
derived measures of microvascular responses using a range of different analysis and flow …