Interactive effects between isometric exercise and mental stress on the vascular responses in glabrous and nonglabrous skin

Abstract

Cutaneous vascular responses to mental arithmetic (MA) and handgrip exercise (HG) were studied independently and combined at different local skin temperatures (T loc). MA and HG induced (P < 0.05) vasoconstrictor responses in glabrous and nonglabrous skin at a higher level of T loc, resulting in a nonadditive effect of these two stresses. © 2009 The Physiological Society of Japan and Springer.