Delineating the age-related attenuation of vascular function: Evidence supporting the efficacy of the single passive leg movement as a screening tool

• Published in: Journal of applied physiology (1985) Vol. 126; no. 6; pp. 1525 - 1532
• Main Authors: Hydren, Jay R., Broxterman, Ryan M., Trinity, Joel D., Gifford, Jayson R., Kwon, Oh Sung, Kithas, Andrew C., Richardson, Russell S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.06.2019
• Series: Passive Properties of Muscle
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Attenuation; Blood flow; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - physiology; Conductance; Covariance; Doppler effect; Factor analysis; Femoral artery; Femoral Artery - physiology; Femur; Humans; Hyperemia - physiopathology; Knee; Leg; Leg - physiology; Male; Middle Aged; Movement - physiology; Operators (mathematics); Regional Blood Flow - physiology; Ultrasound; leg vascular conductance; leg blood flow; cut score; hemodynamics

Continuous passive leg movement (PLM) is a promising clinical assessment of the age-related decline in peripheral vascular function. To further refine PLM, this study evaluated the efficacy of a single PLM (sPLM), a simplified variant of the more established continuous movement approach, to delineat...