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2842815

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
Although finger temperature feedback has been used to produce digital vasodilation in normal persons and those with Raynaud's disease, the mechanism and site of this effect have not been studied. In the present investigation, feedback-induced vasodilation was attenuated by brachial artery infusions of propranolol in infused, but not contralateral, hands and was not affected by digital nerve blockade. Quantitative measurements of finger blood flow demonstrated that this vasodilation occurred in arteriovenous shunts in normal persons and in the finger capillary bed in those with Raynaud's disease. Raynaud's disease patients who received finger temperature feedback reported 80 fewer percent symptoms 1 and 2 years after treatment and retained the ability to increase finger temperature and capillary blood flow at these times. These effects were not shown by patients given autogenic training, a relaxation procedure.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0033-3174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
394-401
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Nonneural beta-adrenergic vasodilating mechanism in temperature biofeedback.
pubmed:affiliation
Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, Lafayette Clinic, Detroit, MI 48207.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.