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THE EFFECT OF INCREASED MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW ON EXERCISE HYPERAEMIA IN THE HUMAN FOREARM
Author(s) -
Dean HM,
Skinner SL
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1960.44
Subject(s) - hyperaemia , forearm , blood flow , trunk , medicine , anatomy , blood volume , contraction (grammar) , cardiology , biology , ecology
SUMMARY Passive raising of the legs and trunk elevated forearm blood flow, before, during and after rhythmic and sub‐maximal sustained contraction of human forearm muscle. The magnitude and rate of decline of post‐exercise hyperaemia in the forearm was unaffected by the increase in muscle blood flow produced by passive raising of the legs and trunk. This finding suggests that either the metabolites responsible for post‐exercise hyperaemia are removed by a mechanism independent of the total volume of blood flowing, or that passive raising of the legs and trunk increases blood flow through channels not concerned with the transfer of metabolites formed during exercise.