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Articles in PresS, published online ahead of print October 11, 2002
J Appl Physiol, 10.1152/jap.00678.2002
Submitted on July 25, 2002
Accepted on October 10, 2002
1 Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA, USA
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: catherine.o'brien{at}na.amedd.army.mil.
This study was conducted to determine if hypohydration 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, while hypohydrated (HY). HY (-4% body weight) was induced prior to FI by exercise-heat exposure (38°C, 30% rh) with no fluid replacement; whereas during EU, fluid intake maintained body weight. Finger pad blood flow (LDF), and nailbed (Tnb), pad (Tpad), and core (Tc) temperatures were measured. LDF decreased similarly on 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°C and 11.5±1.6°C) and HY (7.4±1.3°C 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 EU (7.9±1.6°C), which was attributed to higher Tc in 6 subjects during HY (37.5±0.2°C), compared to EU (37.1±0.1°C). The results of this study provide no evidence that hypohydration alters finger blood flow, skin temperature, or CIVD during peripheral cooling.
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