Use of Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Asses Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Skeletal Muscle

Table 2

Flow-mediated dilatation—ultrasound data.

Variable	IPC protocol (𝑛=14)			Control (𝑛=14)			Statistics between treatments
	Before	After	Statistics	Before	After	Statistics
Brachial artery diameter (mm)	4.3±4	4.2±3	ns	4.1±2	4.2±3	ns	0.226
Basal flow (mL/min)	157±81	175±51	ns	169±62	163±57	ns	0.788
Flow after VOT (mL/min)	902±384	937±373	ns	930±326	900±233	ns	0.929
FMD (%)	9.4±3.8	9.5±3.8	ns	9.9±3.4	9.9±3.4	ns	0.941

IPC protocol before: ultrasound data in the ischemic preconditioning protocol at baseline; IPC protocol after: ultrasound data in the ischemic preconditioning protocol at the end of the protocol; control before: ultrasound data in the control protocol at baseline; control after: ultrasound data in the control protocol at the end of the protocol; VOT: vascular occlusion test; FMD: flow-mediated dilatation; and ns: nonsignificant.