[Capillary blood flow with dynamical change of tissue pressure caused by exterior force].
A hemodynamic model of capillary and tissue, in which tissue pressure changed with swing manipulation of Traditional Chinese Medical Massage (TCMM), is presented in this paper to explain the hemodynamic mechanism of swing manipulation. Blood flowed in capillary with low Reynolds number. Plasma exuded through capillary according to the Starling's Law. Tissue pressure changed linearly with the massage force measured. Blood apparent viscosity, plasma protein concentration and red cell's hematocrit were taken into account. Capillary flow rate, blood apparent viscosity, filtration rate and filtration fraction with dynamical change of tissue pressure were calculated numerically, and were compared with those in static tissue pressure condition. Results showed that, dynamical change of tissue pressure led to the increase of capillary flow rate and the decrease of blood apparent viscosity, which qualitatively explained the hemodynamic mechanism of "promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis" in swing manipulation of TCMM.
Liu
Yufeng
Y
Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Xu
Shixiong
S
Yan
Juntao
J
Shen
Guoquan
G
Sun
Wuquan
W
Chew
Y
Y
Low
H
H
Xu
Jun
J
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D002196:Capillaries / Q000502:physiology*; D006400:Hematocrit; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008405:Massage; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011312:Pressure; D012039:Regional Blood Flow