PMID- 20199783 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101027 LR - 20220317 IS - 1532-8600 (Electronic) IS - 0026-0495 (Linking) VI - 59 IP - 10 DP - 2010 Oct TI - Venous blood gas and metabolite response to low-intensity muscle contractions with external limb compression. PG - 1510-9 LID - 10.1016/j.metabol.2010.01.016 [doi] AB - The effect of low-intensity resistance exercise with external limb compression (100 [EC100] and 160 [EC160] mm Hg) on limb blood flow and venous blood gas-metabolite response was investigated and compared with that of high-intensity resistance exercise (no external compression). Unilateral elbow flexion muscle contractions were performed at 20% (75 repetitions, 4 sets, 30-second rest intervals) and 70% of 1-repetition maximum (1-RM; 3 sets, each set was until failure, 3-minute rest intervals). Precontraction brachial arterial blood flow (Doppler ultrasound) was reduced with EC100 or EC160 (56% and 39% of baseline value, respectively) compared with no external compression (control). At 20% 1-RM, brachial arterial blood flow increased after contractions performed with EC160 (190%), but not with the others. Decreases in venous oxygen partial pressure (P(v)O(2)) and venous oxygen saturation (S(v)O(2)) were greater during EC100 and EC160 than control (mean [SE]: P(v)O(2), 28 [3] vs 26 [2] vs 33 [2] mm Hg; S(v)O(2), 41% [5%] vs 34% [4%] vs 52% [5%], respectively). Changes in venous pH (pH(v)), venous carbon dioxide partial pressure (P(v)CO(2)), and venous lactate concentration ([L(-)](v)) were greater with EC160 than EC100 and/or control (pH(v), 7.19 [0.01] vs 7.25 [0.01] vs 7.27 [0.02]; P(v)CO(2), 72 [3] vs 64 [2] vs 60 [3] mm Hg; [L(-)](v), 5.4 [0.6] vs 3.7 [0.4] vs 3.0 [0.4] mmol/L, respectively). Seventy percent 1-RM contractions resulted in greater changes in pH(v) (7.14 [0.02]), P(v)CO(2) (91 [5] mm Hg), and [L(-)](v) (7.0 [0.5] mmol/L) than EC100 and EC160, but P(v)O(2) (30 [4] mm Hg) and S(v)O(2) (40% [3%]) were similar. In conclusion, changes in pH(v), P(v)CO(2), and [L(-)](v), but not in P(v)O(2) and S(v)O(2), are sensitive to changes in relative, "internal" intensity of low-intensity muscle contractions caused by reduced blood flow (EC160) or high-intensity muscle contractions. Given the magnitude of the changes in pH(v), P(v)CO(2), and [L(-)](v), it appears plausible that they may be involved in stimulating the observed increase in muscle activation via group III and IV afferents. CI - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Yasuda, Tomohiro AU - Yasuda T AD - Department of Ischemic Circulatory Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. yasuda@h.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp FAU - Abe, Takashi AU - Abe T FAU - Brechue, William F AU - Brechue WF FAU - Iida, Haruko AU - Iida H FAU - Takano, Haruhito AU - Takano H FAU - Meguro, Kentaro AU - Meguro K FAU - Kurano, Miwa AU - Kurano M FAU - Fujita, Satoshi AU - Fujita S FAU - Nakajima, Toshiaki AU - Nakajima T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial DEP - 20100304 PL - United States TA - Metabolism JT - Metabolism: clinical and experimental JID - 0375267 RN - 0 (Gases) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Blood Gas Analysis MH - Brachial Artery/chemistry/pathology MH - Constriction, Pathologic/blood MH - Extremities/*blood supply/*pathology/physiology MH - Gases/analysis/*blood/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Metabolome/physiology MH - Muscle Contraction/*physiology MH - Physical Exertion/physiology MH - Pressure MH - Regional Blood Flow/physiology MH - *Resistance Training MH - Veins/chemistry/physiology MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2010/03/05 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/28 06:00 CRDT- 2010/03/05 06:00 PHST- 2009/09/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/01/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/01/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/03/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/28 06:00 [medline] AID - S0026-0495(10)00031-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.metabol.2010.01.016 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Metabolism. 2010 Oct;59(10):1510-9. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2010.01.016. Epub 2010 Mar 4.