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Arterial Blood Pressure and the Flow in the Calf at Rest and During Reactive Hyperemia

Laboratory of Medical Physics, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Jw. van den Berg

Laboratory of Medical Physics, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

The influence of a handgrip-induced rise in arterial blood pressure on the blood flow in the calf at rest and on the maximal flow during reactive hyperemia after 5-minute arterial occlusion was studied in 7 healthy subjects. Isometric contractions of the forearm muscles (handgrip) with 20% of the maximal voluntary contraction during 3 minutes caused a significant increase in mean blood pressure of 19% (SEM 3%; p < 0.05). No significant increase in the mean blood flow at rest was found. The maximal blood flow during reactive hyperemia was increased by 42% (SEM, 5%; p < 0.05). The lowest peripheral resistance during reactive hyperemia was decreased by 15% (SEM 6%; p < 0.05).

Angiology, Vol. 32, No. 9, 615-623 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978103200905


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