title: Normal digital pressure changes following the postocclusive reactive hyperemia test.
abstract: The authors report digital pressure changes in normal subjects following the 5-min postocclusive reactive hyperemia test. This test increases the sensitivity of using toe pressures to assess the adequacy of blood flow.
authors.affiliation: Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory, California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco 94115.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Schmugler
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003250:Constriction; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D010991:Plethysmography; D012016:Reference Values; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014034:Toes / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*