Lymph flow in the thoracic duct of conscious dogs during lymphatic pump treatment, exercise, and expansion of extracellular fluid volume.

Background: This investigation examined interactions between expansion of the extracellular fluid volume (ECE), osteopathic lymphatic pump treatment (LPT), and exercise on lymph flow in the thoracic duct of eight instrumented, conscious dogs.

Methods And Results: After recovery from surgery, LPT was performed for 8 min before and after ECE with normal saline, i.v.