Article ; Online: Doppler Ultrasound-Based Leg Blood Flow Assessment During Single-Leg Knee-Extensor Exercise in an Uncontrolled Setting.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
2023 , Issue 202
Abstract: Doppler ultrasound has revolutionized the assessment of organ blood flow and is widely used in research and clinical settings. While Doppler ultrasound-based assessment of contracting leg muscle blood flow is common in human studies, the reliability of ... ...
| Abstract | Doppler ultrasound has revolutionized the assessment of organ blood flow and is widely used in research and clinical settings. While Doppler ultrasound-based assessment of contracting leg muscle blood flow is common in human studies, the reliability of this method requires further investigation. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the within-day test-retest, between-day test-retest, and inter-rater reliability of Doppler ultrasound for assessing leg blood flow during rest and graded single-leg knee-extensions (0 W, 6 W, 12 W, and 18 W), with the ultrasound probe being removed between measurements. The study included thirty healthy subjects (age: 33 ± 9.3, male/female: 14/16) who visited the laboratory on two different experimental days separated by 10 days. The study did not control for major confounders such as nutritional state, time of day, or hormonal status. Across different exercise intensities, the results demonstrated high within-day reliability with a coefficient of variation (CV) ranging from 4.0% to 4.3%, acceptable between-day reliability with a CV ranging from 10.1% to 20.2%, and inter-rater reliability with a CV ranging from 17.9% to 26.8%. Therefore, in a real-life clinical scenario where controlling various environmental factors is challenging, Doppler ultrasound can be used to determine leg blood flow during submaximal single-leg knee-extensor exercise with high within-day reliability and acceptable between-day reliability when performed by the same sonographer. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Female ; Male ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Leg/diagnostic imaging ; Leg/blood supply ; Reproducibility of Results ; Exercise/physiology ; Regional Blood Flow ; Muscle, Skeletal ; Ultrasonography, Doppler |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-12-15 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Video-Audio Media |
| ZDB-ID | 2259946-0 |
| ISSN | 1940-087X ; 1940-087X |
| ISSN (online) | 1940-087X |
| ISSN | 1940-087X |
| DOI | 10.3791/65746 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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