TY - JOUR
T1 - Postural changes in capillary pressure in the hallux of healthy volunteers
AU - de Graaff, Jurgen C.
AU - Ubbink, Dirk T.
AU - Lagarde, Sjoerd M.
AU - Jacobs, Michael J. H. M.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Capillary circulation is delicately regulated by microvascular constriction mechanisms, thereby controlling capillary perfusion and transmural pressure. The influence of posture on capillary flow has been investigated in both diseased and healthy people. However, its influence on capillary pressure has rarely been investigated. We measured capillary pressures in the supine and sitting positions in the hallux of healthy volunteers. The capillaries in the eponychium of the hallux were punctured by using a micropipette connected to a micropressure system (900A, WPI). Also, peripheral arterial and venous pressures were measured in both positions. The rise in systolic capillary pressure from supine to sitting position (32 mmHg; from 39 to 71 mmHg, respectively) was significantly (P <0.001) smaller than the rise in systolic arterial toe pressure (57 mmHg, from 87 to 144 mmHg, respectively) and venous pressure (41 mmHg, from 26 mmHg to 67 mmHg, respectively). This study shows that the postural rise in precapillary arteriolar pressure is not completely transmitted to the capillaries, probably because of activation of peripheral vasoconstriction mechanisms
AB - Capillary circulation is delicately regulated by microvascular constriction mechanisms, thereby controlling capillary perfusion and transmural pressure. The influence of posture on capillary flow has been investigated in both diseased and healthy people. However, its influence on capillary pressure has rarely been investigated. We measured capillary pressures in the supine and sitting positions in the hallux of healthy volunteers. The capillaries in the eponychium of the hallux were punctured by using a micropipette connected to a micropressure system (900A, WPI). Also, peripheral arterial and venous pressures were measured in both positions. The rise in systolic capillary pressure from supine to sitting position (32 mmHg; from 39 to 71 mmHg, respectively) was significantly (P <0.001) smaller than the rise in systolic arterial toe pressure (57 mmHg, from 87 to 144 mmHg, respectively) and venous pressure (41 mmHg, from 26 mmHg to 67 mmHg, respectively). This study shows that the postural rise in precapillary arteriolar pressure is not completely transmitted to the capillaries, probably because of activation of peripheral vasoconstriction mechanisms
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00210.2003
DO - https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00210.2003
M3 - Article
C2 - 12871963
SN - 8750-7587
VL - 95
SP - 2223
EP - 2228
JO - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md.
JF - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md.
IS - 6
ER -