The acute effect of heat exposure on forearm macro- and microvascular function: Impact of measurement timing, heating modality and biological sex.

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What is the central question of this study? Do measurement timing, heating modality and biological sex modulate the acute effect of heat exposure on brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation and postocclusion reactive hyperaemia? What is the main finding and its importance? The acute effect of heat exposure on brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation and postocclusion reactive hyperaemia is: (1) transient and short lasting; (2) different between forearm and whole-body heating; (3) unaffected by forearm heating during whole-body heating; and (4) not different but not always equivalent between males and females. These findings provide a useful basis for future studies to investigate the acute effect of heat exposure on vascular function.

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SUBMITTER: Chaseling GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10103856 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature