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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 273: H2436-H2441, 1997;
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Vol. 273, Issue 5, H2436-H2441, November 1997

Muscle cooling delays activation of the muscle metaboreflex in humans

Chester A. Ray, Keith M. Hume, Kathryn H. Gracey, and Edward T. Mahoney

Autonomic and Cardiovascular Control Laboratory, Department of Exercise Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602

Elevation of muscle temperature has been shown to increase muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) during isometric exercise in humans. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of muscle cooling on MSNA responses during exercise. Eight subjects performed ischemic isometric handgrip at 30% of maximal voluntary contraction to fatigue followed by 2 min of postexercise muscle ischemia (PEMI), with and without local cooling of the forearm. Local cooling of the forearm decreased forearm muscle temperature from 31.8 ± 0.4 to 23.1 ± 0.8°C (P = 0.001). Time to fatigue was not different during the control and cold trials (156 ± 11 and 154 ± 5 s, respectively). Arterial pressures and heart rate were not significantly affected by muscle cooling during exercise, although heart rate tended to be higher during the second minute of exercise (P = 0.053) during muscle cooling. Exercise-induced increases in MSNA were delayed during handgrip with local cooling compared with control. However, MSNA responses at fatigue and PEMI were not different between the two conditions. These findings suggest that muscle cooling delayed the activation of the muscle metaboreflex during ischemic isometric exercise but did not prevent its full expression during fatiguing contraction. These results support the concept that muscle temperature can play a role in the regulation of MSNA during exercise.

sympathetic nerve activity; group III and IV afferents; exercise pressor reflex; isometric contraction; muscle ischemia; muscle temperature


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