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J Appl Physiol 94: 598-603, 2003. First published October 11, 2002; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00678.2002
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Vol. 94, Issue 2, 598-603, February 2003

Hypohydration effect on finger skin temperature and blood flow during cold-water finger immersion

Catherine O'Brien and Scott J. Montain

United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-5007

This study was conducted to determine whether hypohydration (Hy) alters blood flow, skin temperature, or cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) during peripheral cooling. Fourteen subjects sat in a thermoneutral environment (27°C) during 15-min warm-water (42°C) and 30-min cold-water (4°C) finger immersion (FI) while euhydrated (Eu) and, again, during Hy. Hy (-4% body weight) was induced before FI by exercise-heat exposure (38°C, 30% relative humidity) with no fluid replacement, whereas during Eu, fluid intake maintained body weight. Finger pad blood flow [as measured by laser-Doppler flux (LDF)] and nail bed (Tnb), pad (Tpad), and core (Tc) temperatures were measured. LDF decreased similarly during Eu and Hy (32 ± 10 and 33 ± 13% of peak during warm-water immersion). Mean Tnb and Tpad were similar between Eu (7.1 ± 1.0 and 11.5 ± 1.6°C) and Hy (7.4 ± 1.3 and 12.6 ± 2.1°C). CIVD parameters (e.g., nadir, onset time, apex) were similar between trials, except Tpad nadir was higher during Hy (10.4 ± 3.8°C) than during Eu (7.9 ± 1.6°C), which was attributed to higher Tc in six subjects during Hy (37.5 ± 0.2°C), compared with during Eu (37.1 ± 0.1°C). The results of this study provide no evidence that Hy alters finger blood flow, skin temperature, or CIVD during peripheral cooling.

dehydration; cold-induced vasodilation; cold injury; blood flow


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