Six weeks of localized passive heat therapy elicits some exercise-like improvements in resistance artery function.

Jamie P Kaluhiokalani, Taysom E Wallace, Mohadeseh Ahmadi, Erik D Marchant, Jack Mehling, Stepan Altuhov, Abigail Dorff, Olivia K Leach, Jessica J James, Chad R Hancock, Robert D Hyldahl, Jayson R Gifford

The Journal of physiology

2025

Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial

Humans, Male, Adult, Female, Young Adult, Exercise, Femoral Artery, Adolescent, Regional Blood Flow, Hot Temperature, Quadriceps Muscle, Hyperthermia, Induced, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, Vascular Resistance