Effects of exercise on in vivo reflectance from the skin surface

Author

Lim, Hyun Soo ; Ostrander, Lee E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

1992

Firstpage

32

Abstract

The effect of exercise on optical properties of the limb is of interest when the optical properties can be related to changes at depth within the limb. Such information may suggest ways in which noninvasive optical methods can be used to monitor exercise. In the present study, a source-detector arrangement was connected to a computer for collection of data at approximately 7-s intervals during sitting, standing, walking, and jogging. Repeatable changes with exercise were observed, and an oxygen index was calculated for subdermal optical data. The data obtained were consistent with a flow-limited system in which exercise had the effect of increasing oxygen availability at the measurement site.

Keywords

biophysics; reflectivity; skin; 7 s; in vivo reflectance; jogging; limb optical properties; sitting; skin surface; source-detector arrangement; standing; subdermal optical data; walking; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical optical imaging; In vivo; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Probes; Reflectivity; Skin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 1992., Proceedings of the 1992 Eighteenth IEEE Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Kingston, RI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0902-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.1992.285926

Filename

285926