Reliability of the passive leg movement assessment of vascular function in men.

ABSTRACT:

New findings

What is the central question of this study? Use of the passive leg movement (PLM) test, a non-invasive assessment of microvascular function, is on the rise. However, PLM reliability in men has not been adequately investigated, nor has such reliability data, in men, been compared to the most commonly employed vascular function assessment, flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD). What is the main finding and its importance? PLM is a reliable method to assess vascular function in men, and is comparable to values previously reported for PLM in women, and for FMD. Given the importance of vascular function as a predictor of cardiovascular disease risk, these data support the utility of PLM as a clinically relevant measurement.

Abstract

Although vascular function is an indepe

SUBMITTER: Groot HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058221 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature