Publications by authors named "Songmei Lin"
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- - The study aimed to explore how skin blood flow regulation differs between the upper (forearm) and lower (leg) limbs in healthy adults, marking the first research of its kind using wavelet analysis of blood flow oscillations.
- - Using laser Doppler flowmetry, researchers measured skin blood flow in 17 participants and analyzed the data to identify the primary controls influencing blood flow, categorized into metabolic, neurogenic, myogenic, respiratory, and cardiac factors.
- - Findings revealed that skin blood flow was significantly higher in the leg, with metabolic endothelial control being more prominent in the forearm and myogenic control being more prevalent in the leg, highlighting distinct regulatory mechanisms for upper and lower limbs.
Isometric exercise is a non-pharmacologic intervention to improve muscle hemodynamic responses and blood pressure in humans. However, the effects of intensity, duration, and muscle mass factors of isometric exercise on local muscle hemodynamic responses and systemic blood pressure regulation have not been studied. The purpose of this study was to assess whether various modes of isometric exercise could induce various levels of muscle hemodynamic responses that are related to the blood pressure changes.
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