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Trial reportPloS one2017

Optic nerve head and retinal blood flow regulation during isometric exercise as assessed with laser speckle flowgraphy.

Katarzyna J Witkowska, Ahmed M Bata, Giacomo Calzetti, Nikolaus Luft, Klemens Fondi, Piotr A Wozniak, Doreen Schmidl, Matthias Bolz, Alina Popa-Cherecheanu, René M Werkmeister and 2 more

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Trial report in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02102880 (The Role of Complement Factor H Polymorphism in the Regulation of Choroidal Vascular Tone in Young Healthy Subjects), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02102880 naunknown statusnot on this map

The Role of Complement Factor H Polymorphism in the Regulation of Choroidal Vascular Tone in Young Healthy Subjects

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedical University of ViennaRan2015 to 2023Enrolled220ConditionsAge-Related Macular DegenerationArmsthe polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Differences in Blood Flow Between Superior and Inferior Retinal Hemispheres.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Katarzyna J WitkowskaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Ahmed M BataDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Giacomo CalzettiDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Nikolaus LuftDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Klemens FondiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Piotr A WozniakDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Doreen SchmidlDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Matthias BolzDepartment of Ophthalmology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria.
Alina Popa-CherecheanuCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
René M WerkmeisterCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gerhard GarhöferDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Leopold SchmettererDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · ATClinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · ROKepler Universitätsklinikum · ATSingapore Eye Research Institute · SGUniversity of Parma · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate regulation of blood flow (BF) in the optic nerve head (ONH) and a peripapillary region (PPR) during an isometric exercise-induced increase in ocular perfusion pressure (OPP) using laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) in healthy subjects. For this purpose, a total of 27 subjects was included in this study. Mean blur rate in tissue (MT) was measured in the ONH and in a PPR as well as relative flow volume (RFV) in retinal arteries (ART) and veins (VEIN) using LSFG. All participants performed isometric exercise for 6 minutes during which MT and mean arterial pressure were measured every minute. From these data OPP and pressure/flow curves were calculated. Isometric exercise increased OPP, MTONH and MTPRR. The relative increase in OPP (78.5 ± 19.8%) was more pronounced than the increase in BF parameters (MTONH: 18.1 ± 7.7%, MTPRR: 21.1 ± 8.3%, RFVART: 16.5 ±12.0%, RFVVEIN: 17.7 ± 12.4%) indicating for an autoregulatory response of the vasculature. The pressure/flow curves show that MTONH, MTPRR, RFVART, RFVVEIN started to increase at OPP levels of 51.2 ± 2.0%, 58.1 ± 2.4%, 45.6 ± 1.9% and 45.6 ± 1.9% above baseline. These data indicate that ONHBF starts to increase at levels of approx. 50% increase in OPP: This is slightly lower than the values we previously reported from LDF data. Signals from the PPR may have input from both, the retina and the choroid, but the relative contribution is unknown. In addition, retinal BF appears to increase at slightly lower OPP values of approximately 45%. LSFG may be used to study ONH autoregulation in diseases such as glaucoma.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02102880.

Indexed as

ExerciseAdolescentAdultBlood PressureFemaleHumansIsometric ContractionLaser-Doppler FlowmetryMaleOptic NerveRegional Blood FlowRetinal Vessels

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PMCPMC5595424
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