It is known that vigorous exercise produces a systemic ,post exercise increase in cutaneous tissue perfusion but what of local exercises that involve only a small percentage of the bodies skeletal muscle ?
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More specifically , can exercising the intrinsic muscles of the foot produce a local increase in cutaneous blood flow ?
I have not yet found any studies that deal with this question specifically but have found a study (1 below ) which shows electrical stimulation of the muscles of the forearm does produce a local increase in cutaneous blood flow . It therefore seems likely to me that exercising the intrinsic foot muscles will increase blood flow to the foot muscles and the cutaneous tissues of the foot .
The study mentioned above also found that locally applied heat had a synergistic effect with muscle exercise producing a large increase in cutaneous perfusion .
One might speculate that exercising the intrinsic foot muscles against resistance will produce more heat within the muscles and hence the foot generally than NMES alone , giving a larger post exercise increase in cutaneous perfusion due in part to local heating .
Any thoughts ?
Study 1
Post Exercise Cutaneous Hypermia as a Result of Local Exercise of ...
neurocare.com/.../post-exercise-cutaneous-hypermia-as-a-result-of-local-exercise-of-a...Post Exercise Cutaneous Hypermia as a Result of Local Exercise of an Extremity. This study was done at: The Creighton Diabetes Center 601 North 30th Street Omaha, Nebraska 68131 by M. S. Rendell*, S.S. Green, A. Catania, J. Oliveto, J. Wells, E.J. Banset, H. Wang. RUNNING TITLE: POST EXERCISE HYPEREMIA.
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