Abstract
Purpose
In this study, we investigated the effects of vibration of the whole lower leg on the content and the oxygenation of hemoglobin in the unloaded relaxed lateral gastrocnemius muscle. Vibration was applied orthogonal to and in parallel with leg axis to examine whether the extrusion of blood depends on an alignment of main vessel direction, axis of vibration and gravity.
Method
The blood volume in the muscles was altered by horizontal and 30° upright body posture. Fifteen male subjects were exposed to 4 sets of experiments with both vibration directions and both tilt angles applied in permutated order. The absence of voluntary muscular activity and the potential occurrence of compound action potentials by stretch reflexes were monitored using electromyography. Total hemoglobin and tissue saturation index were measured with near infrared spectroscopy. Changes of lower leg circumference were measured with strain gauge system placed around the calf.
Result
Vibration caused decrease in tHb and increase in TSI indicating extrusion of predominantly venous blood from the muscle. In 30° tilted position, muscles contained more blood at baseline and vibration ejected more blood from the muscle compared with horizontal posture (p < 0.01). At 30° tilting deeper drop in tHb and steeper increase in TSI (p < 0.01) were observed when vibration was applied in parallel with the length axis of muscle.
Conclusion
It is concluded that the vibration extrudes more blood in 30° head up posture and the vibration applied in parallel with the length axis of the muscle is more effective than orthogonal vibration.
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Abbreviations
- EMG:
-
Electromyography
- g :
-
Gravity
- HHb:
-
Deoxygenated hemoglobin
- LME:
-
Linear-mixed models
- MVC:
-
Maximum voluntary isometric contraction
- NIRS:
-
Near-infrared spectroscopy
- O2Hb:
-
Oxygenated hemoglobin
- RMS:
-
Root mean square
- RMSbl :
-
Baseline root mean square
- RMSMVC :
-
Root mean square of maximum voluntary isometric contraction
- SD:
-
Standard deviation
- tHb:
-
Total hemoglobin
- TSI:
-
Tissue saturation index
- WBV:
-
Whole body vibration
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H. İbrahim Çakar was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-BIDEB 2214/A).
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Çakar, H.I., Doğan, S., Kara, S. et al. Vibration-related extrusion of capillary blood from the calf musculature depends upon directions of vibration of the leg and of the gravity vector. Eur J Appl Physiol 117, 1107–1117 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-017-3597-x
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