ArticleExperimental physiology2025
Individuals with persisting post-concussion symptoms with physiological subtype demonstrate altered cardiovascular and autonomic responses to face cooling.
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Individuals with persisting post-concussion symptoms with physiological subtype (PPCS-P) demonstrate exercise intolerance due to exacerbation of concussion-like symptoms during incremental exercise. We tested the hypothesis that individuals with PPCS-P (n = 12) would have a blunted cardiac autonomic response to face cooling compared to healthy controls (CTRL, n = 12). Participants were supine and performed a 5 min baseline, then experienced a 3 min face cold pressor test followed by 5 min of recovery. A three-lead electrocardiogram was used to measure heart rate and root mean square of successive differences in R-R intervals (RMSSD), finger photoplethysmography was used to measure mean arterial pressure (MAP), and laser-Doppler flowmetry was used to measure finger skin blood flux. The PPCS-P group had a lower exercise tolerance (9.9 ± 3.2 min, P < 0.001) and lower peak heart rate (170.0 ± 14.0 beats·min
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