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J Appl Physiol 56: 1411-1417, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 56, Issue 5 1411-1417, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of airflow and work load on cardiovascular drift and skin blood flow

J. D. Shaffrath and W. C. Adams

Cardiovascular drift (CVD) can be defined as a progressive increase in heart rate (HR), decreases in stroke volume (SV) and mean arterial pressure (MAP), and a maintained cardiac output (Q) during prolonged exercise. To test the hypothesis that the magnitude of CVD would be related to changes in skin blood flow ( SkBF ), eight healthy, moderately trained males performed 70-min bouts of cycle ergometry in a 2 X 2 assortment of airflows (less than 0.2 and 4.3 m X s-1) and relative work loads (43.4% and 62.2% maximal O2 uptake). Ambient temperature and relative humidity were controlled to mean values of 24.2 +/- 0.8 degrees C and 39.5 +/- 2.4%, respectively. Q, HR, MAP, SkBF , skin and rectal temperatures, and pulmonary gas exchange were measured at 10-min intervals during exercise. Between the 10th and 70th min during exercise at the higher work load with negligible airflow, HR and SkBF increased by 21.6 beats X min-1 and 14.0 ml X 100 ml-1 X min-1, respectively, while SV and MAP decreased by 16.4 ml and 11.3 mmHg. The same work load in the presence of 4.3 m X s-1 airflow resulted in nonsignificant changes of 7.6 beats X min-1, 4.0 ml X (100 ml-1 X min)-1, -2.7 ml, and -1.7 mmHg for HR, SkBF , SV, and MAP. Since nonsignificant changes in HR, SkBF , SV, and MAP were observed at the lower work load in both airflow conditions, the results emphasize that CVD occurs only in conditions which combine high metabolic and thermal circulatory demands.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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