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Doppler Ultrasound-Based Leg Blood Flow Assessment During Single-Leg Knee-Extensor Exercise in an Uncontrolled Setting
Published on: December 15, 2023
[Circulation changes depending on manifestations in soft tissue tensioning in the leg lengthening process]
Abstract:
Surgical intervention was found to intensify circulation in the limb and redistribute the blood flow. Leg lengthening led to arterial inflow limitation due to the magisterial artery strain. The changes were accompanied both by increase of functioning capillaries in number and increase of venous outflow dependence on blood inflow. The decreased after surgery oxygen tension in m. gastrocnemius did not change throughout distraction. The increase of functioning capillaries in number in resting contributed to maintenance of tissue oxygenation in the initial period of distraction, and in case of maximal tissue tensioning hydrostatic pressure increased in the capillaries due to arterial pressure rise. Restoration of the circulation parameters in the fixation period started with an increase of circulation volumetric rate in vessels with preservation of the rest mechanisms of the tissue oxygenation maintenance.
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