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J Appl Physiol 91: 2487-2492, 2001;
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Vol. 91, Issue 6, 2487-2492, December 2001

Influence of isometric exercise on blood flow and sweating in glabrous and nonglabrous human skin

Adham R. Saad, Dan P. Stephens, Lee Ann T. Bennett, Nisha Charkoudian, Wojciech A. Kosiba, and John M. Johnson

Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900

The distribution of the reflex effects of isometric exercise on cutaneous vasomotor and sudomotor function is not clear. We examined the effects of isometric exercise by different muscle masses on skin blood flow (SkBF) and sweat rate (SR) in nonglabrous skin and in glabrous skin. The latter contains arteriovenous anastomoses (AVAs), which cause large fluctuations in SkBF. SkBF was measured by laser-Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and reported as cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC; LDF/mean arterial pressure). SR was measured by capacitance hygrometry. LDF and SR were measured at the sole, palm, forearm, and ventral leg during separate bouts of isometric handgrip (IHG) and isometric leg extension (ILE). CVC and its standard deviation decreased significantly during IHG and ILE in the palm and sole (P < 0.05) but not in the forearm or leg (P > 0.05). Only palmar SR increased significantly during IHG and ILE (P < 0.05). We conclude that the major reflex influences of isometric exercise on the skin include AVAs and palmar sweat glands and that this is true for both arm and leg exercise.

arteriovenous anastomoses; muscle mass


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