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 …

Fitness Level-and Sex-Related Differences in Macrovascular and Microvascular Responses during Reactive Hyperemia.

L Rasica, EC Inglis, D Iannetta, RN Soares… - Medicine and science …, 2022 - europepmc.org
Purpose Reactive hyperemia (RH) is widely used for the investigation of macrovascular
(flow-mediated dilation, or FMD) and microvascular (near-infrared spectroscopy-vascular …

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 …

Arterial stiffness mediates the association between age and processing speed at low levels of microvascular function in humans across the adult lifespan

KV Ransom, MK Traylor, GB Batman… - American Journal …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
The function of micro-and macrovessels within the peripheral vasculature has been
identified as a target for the investigation of potential cardiovascular-based promoters of …

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 …

Association between femoral artery flow-mediated dilation and muscle oxygen saturation parameters in healthy, young individuals

VS Pinheiro, ACF da Silva Tavares… - Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and muscle oxygen saturation (StO2) are measurements
utilized to assess macro-and microvascular function, respectively. Macro-and microvascular …

[HTML][HTML] Supplemental watermelon juice attenuates acute hyperglycemia-induced macro-and microvascular dysfunction in healthy adults

CM Vincellette, J Losso, K Early, G Spielmann… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Acute hyperglycemia reduces NO bioavailability and causes macro-and
microvascular dysfunction. Watermelon juice (WMJ) is a natural source of the amino acid …

Effect of microencapsulated watermelon (Citrullus Lanatus) rind on flow-mediated dilation and tissue oxygen saturation of young adults

M Volino-Souza, GV De Oliveira… - European Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Background/Objectives Watermelon rind (usually discarded by consumers)
presents a high L-citrulline content. Given that Lcitrulline is involved in nitric oxide (NO) …

Frailty influences the vascular responsiveness of elderly individuals with chronic heart failure

DA Rech, LS da Silveira, EM Martins… - Microvascular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Frailty is highly prevalent in heart failure (HF) patients. HF is associated with
oxidative stress and chronic inflammation, which impair oxygen use by skeletal muscles …

Is flow-mediated dilatation associated with near-infrared spectroscopy-derived magnitude of muscle O2 desaturation in healthy young and individuals at risk for …

GV de Oliveira, M Volino-Souza, R Leitao… - Microvascular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vascular occlusion test (VOT)-induced reactive hyperemia in brachial artery is crucial to flow-
mediated dilation (FMD). Emerging studies have suggested that reactive hyperemia …