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dc.contributor.authorCarter, H.
dc.contributor.authorSpence, Angela
dc.contributor.authorAtkinson, C.
dc.contributor.authorPugh, C.
dc.contributor.authorCable, N.T.
dc.contributor.authorThijssen, D.
dc.contributor.authorNaylor, L.
dc.contributor.authorGreen, D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:40:38Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:40:38Z
dc.date.created2015-04-09T09:08:01Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationCarter, H. and Spence, A. and Atkinson, C. and Pugh, C. and Cable, N.T. and Thijssen, D. and Naylor, L. et al. 2014. Distinct effects of blood flow and temperature on cutaneous microvascular adaptation. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 46 (11): pp. 2113-2121.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34004
dc.identifier.doi10.1249/MSS.0000000000000349
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Purpose: We performed two experiments to determine whether cutaneous microvascular adaptations in response to repeated core temperature (Tc) elevation are mediated by increases in skin blood flow (SkBF) and/or skin temperature. Methods: Healthy subjects participated for 8 wk in thrice-weekly bouts of 30-min lower limb heating (40°C). In study 1, both forearms were “clamped” at basal skin temperature throughout each heating bout (n = 9). Study 2 involved identical lower limb heating, with the forearms under ambient conditions (unclamped, n = 10). In both studies, a cuff was inflated around one forearm during the heating bouts to assess the contribution of SkBF and temperature responses. We assessed forearm SkBF responses to both lower limb (systemic reflex) heating and to local heating of the forearm skin, pre- and postintervention.Results: Acutely, lower limb heating increased Tc (study 1, 0.63°C ± 0.15°C; study 2, 0.69°C ± 0.19°C; P < 0.001) and forearm SkBF (study 1, 0.13 ± 0.03 vs 1.52 ± 0.51; study 2, 0.14 ± 0.01 vs 1.17 ± 0.38 cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC); P < 0.001), with skin responses significantly attenuated in the cuffed forearm (P < 0.01). SkBF responses to local heating decreased in study 1 (clamped forearms; week 0 vs week 8, 1.46 ± 0.52 vs 0.99 ± 0.44 CVC; P < 0.05), whereas increases occurred in study 2 (unclamped; week 0 vs week 8, 1.89 ± 0.57 vs 2.27 ± 0.52 CVC; P < 0.05). Cuff placement abolished local adaptations in both studies. Conclusions: Our results indicate that repeated increases in SkBF and skin temperature result in increased skin flux responses to local heating, whereas repeated increases in SkBF in the absence of change in skin temperature induced the opposite response. Repeated increases in Tc induce intrinsic microvascular changes, the nature of which are dependent upon both SkBF and skin temperature.

dc.publisherLippincott Williams & Wilkins
dc.subjectlocal heating
dc.subjectskin blood flow
dc.subjectCore temperature
dc.subjectthermoregulation
dc.titleDistinct effects of blood flow and temperature on cutaneous microvascular adaptation
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume46
dcterms.source.number11
dcterms.source.startPage2113
dcterms.source.endPage2121
dcterms.source.issn0304-5412
dcterms.source.titleMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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