Impact of Shear Rate Modulation on Vascular Function in Humans

T.M. Tinken, D.H.J. Thijssen, N. Hopkins, M.A. Black, E.A. Dawson, C.T. Minson, S.C. Newcomer, M.H. Laughlin, N.T. Cable, Daniel Green

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    Abstract

    Shear stress is an important stimulus to arterial adaptation in response to exercise and training in humans. We recently observed significant reverse arterial flow and shear during exercise and different antegrade/retrograde patterns of shear and flow in response to different types of exercise. The purpose of this study was to simultaneously examine flow-mediated dilation, a largely NO-mediated vasodilator response, in both brachial arteries of healthy young men before and after 30-minute interventions consisting of bilateral forearm heating, recumbent leg cycling, and bilateral handgrip exercise. During each intervention, a cuff inflated to 60 mm Hg was placed on 1 arm to unilaterally manipulate the shear rate stimulus. In the noncuffed arm, antegrade flow and shear increased similarly in response to each intervention (ANOVA; P
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)278-285
    JournalHypertension
    Volume54
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009

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