• Rogério Nogueira Soares, Gustavo Vieira de Oliveira, Thiago Silveira Alvares, and Juan Manuel Murias.
• Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, Canada.
• Microvasc. Res. 2020 Jan 1; 127: 103922.

AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the correlation between near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-derived measures of microvascular responses using a range of different analysis and flow-mediated dilation (FMD). Additionally, we aimed to investigate whether assessing NIRS and FMD simultaneously or non-simultaneously would affect this association. Thirty-five healthy young individuals (26 ± 13 years old) participated in the study. Twenty were submitted to a simultaneous NIRS/FMD test (NIRS probe placed below the cuff during FMD test) and fifteen to a non-simultaneous FMD and NIRS intervention (NIRS test performed 20 min after FMD). NIRS-derived oxygen saturation signal (StO2) during reperfusion was analyzed as follow: upslope of a 10 s (slope 10 s) and 30 s (slope 30 s) reperfusion window immediately following cuff deflation, time for the StO2 to reach the pre-occlusion (baseline) values after cuff release (time to baseline) and to reach the peak after cuff release (time to max), difference between the minimum and maximum StO2 value reached after cuff deflation (Magnitude) and; the total area under the reperfusion curve above the baseline value until the end of the 2 min post cuff release (AUC 2 min). There was a significant positive correlation between slope 10 s and FMD in the simultaneous (r = 0.60; p < 0.05) and non-simultaneous (r = 0.62; p < 0.05) assessments. There was no significant correlation between NIRS-derived slope 30 s, time to baseline, time to max, magnitude, and AUC 2 min and the FMD in both methods. The association between NIRS and FMD is analysis strategy dependent, regardless if assessed simultaneously or non-simultaneously.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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