ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2022
Acute heat exposure protects against endothelial ischemia-reperfusion injury in aged humans.
Article in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Meta-analysis of heat-induced changes in cardiac function from over 400 laboratory-based heat exposure studies.Nature communications · 2025Pooled it
- Feasibility of unsupervised, home-based leg heat therapy in older adults: a pilot, sham-controlled trial.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2025Trial
- Heat Therapy: Targeting Health, Disease, and Disability.Comprehensive Physiology · 2026Review
- Heat thermotherapy to improve cardiovascular function and cardiometabolic health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Experimental physiology · 2025Article
- Contribution of sympathetic nervous system activation to endothelial ischemia reperfusion injury in healthy adults.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- Home-based heat therapy lowers blood pressure and improves endothelial function in older adults.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2025Article
- Improving glycemic control via heat therapy in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease (FIGHT-AD): a pilot study.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Nonpharmacological therapies that protect against endothelial ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R) remain limited in aged adults. Acute heat exposure protects against endothelial I/R injury in young adults, but its efficacy has never been explored in aged adults. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that acute heat exposure would prevent the attenuation of endothelium-dependent vasodilation after I/R injury in aged adults. Nine (2 men, 69 ± 8 yr) aged adults were exposed to a thermoneutral control condition or whole body passive heating (water-perfused suit) sufficient to increase body core temperature by 1.2°C. Experiments were separated by at least 7 days. Heat exposure was always performed first to time match the thermoneutral control condition. Endothelium-dependent vasodilation was assessed via flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery before (pre-I/R) and after I/R injury (post-I/R), which was induced by 20 min of arm ischemia followed by 20 min of reperfusion. Flow-mediated dilation was reduced following I/R injury for the thermoneutral control condition (pre-I/R, 4.5 ± 2.9% vs. post-I/R, 0.9 ± 2.8%,
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