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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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