Acute effect of Finnish sauna bathing on brachial artery flow-mediated dilation and reactive hyperemia in healthy middle-aged and older adults
Gravel H, Coombs GB, Behzadi P, Marcoux-Clément V, Barry H, Juneau M, Nigam A, Gagnon D
Physiological reports · 17 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Nonprofit
- Fondation Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
- University or hospital
- Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
- Government
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé
- Grants
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (35775)
Based on 4 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2019-07-01 · Physiol Rep · vol. 7 · issue 13 · p. e14166
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 22 citations · more than 75% of similar papers · 1.0× the field average
- References
- 34 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention · Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Keywords
- Medicine, Brachial artery, Reactive hyperemia, Forearm, Crossover study, Bathing, Internal medicine, Cardiology, Blood flow, Surgery, Blood pressure, Pathology
- MeSH
- brachial artery, humans, hyperemia, steam bath, aging, vasodilation, aged, aged, 80 and over, middle aged, female, male
8 authors
From CA
- Hugo GravelMontreal Heart Institute; Université de Montréal
- Geoff B. CoombsUniversity of British Columbia; University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
- Parya BehzadiMontreal Heart Institute; Université de Montréal
- Virginie Marcoux‐ClémentMontreal Heart Institute; Université de Montréal
- Hadiatou BarryMontreal Heart Institute; Université de Montréal
- Martin JuneauMontreal Heart Institute
Abstract
Regular Finnish sauna bathing is associated with a reduced risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in middle-aged and older adults. Potential acute physiological adaptations induced by sauna bathing that underlie this relationship remain to be fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to determine if typical Finnish sauna sessions acutely improve brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) and reactive hyperemia (RH) in healthy middle-aged and older adults. Using a randomized crossover design, FMD and RH were evaluated in 21 healthy adults (66 ± 6 years, 10 men/11 women) before and after each of the following conditions: (1) 1 × 10 min of Finnish sauna bathing (80.2 ± 3.2°C, 23 ± 2% humidity); (2) 2 × 10 min of sauna bathing separated by 10 min of rest outside the sauna; (3) a time control period (10 min of seated rest outside the sauna). FMD was taken as the peak change from baseline in brachial artery diameter following 5 min of forearm ischemia, whereas RH was quantified as both peak and area-under-the-curve forearm vascular conductance postischemia. FMD was statistically similar pre to post 1 × 10 min (4.69 ± 2.46 to 5.41 ± 2.64%, P = 0.20) and 2 × 10 min of sauna bathing (4.16 ± 1.79 to 4.55 ± 2.14%, P = 0.58). Peak and area-under-the-curve forearm vascular conductance were also similar following both sauna interventions. These results suggest that typical Finnish sauna bathing sessions do not acutely improve brachial artery FMD and RH in healthy middle-aged and older adults.
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