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Hemodynamic changes during whole body surface cooling and lower body negative pressureSix young healthy male subjects were studied to evaluate the use of whole body surface cooling (WBSC) as an antiorthostatic intervention. Previous studies have demonstrated that perfusion of an Apollo cooling garment with 16 C water produced a significant increase in stroke volume and decrease in heart rate at rest and during lower body negative pressure (LBNP). However, optimal perfusion temperatures have not been determined. The present study examined the effects of WBSC using perfusion of water at a temperature of 10 C. This perfusion temperature produced a greater decrease in mean skin temperature than water at 16 C (4 C drop compared to 2 C). The hemodynamic effects were also more prominent with 10 C water as shown by the increase in stroke volume of 11% at rest and of 35% during LBNP at -50 torr compared to control measurements at ambient temperature. Heart rates were lowered significantly (8 beats/min) and systolic arterial blood pressure was higher (8 torr). Cooling with 10 C water produced a slight increase in muscle tone, reflected by a small but significant increase (+84 ml/min) in oxygen uptake. These data suggest that WBSC is an effective nonpharmacologic means of controlling preload and deserves further investigation as an antiorthostatic intervention.
Document ID
19810054441
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Raven, P. B.
(Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth; Southwestern Medical School, Dallas TX, United States)
Pape, G.
Taylor, W. F.
Gaffney, F. A.
Blomqvist, C. G.
(Southwestern Medical School Dallas, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1981
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
81A38845
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-9026
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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