Relationship between maximum oxygen uptake and peripheral vasoconstriction in a cold environment

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  Fig. 1. System for measuring diameter of the finger blood vessels

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  Fig. 2. Relationship between change in temperature of the skin on the back of the hand and change in rectal temperature after 90 min of cold exposure. T re and T bh indicate rectal and back of the hand temperatures, respectively

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  Fig. 3. Near-infrared transmission image of light in the fingers before and after exposure to cold for 90 min

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  Fig. 4. Relationships between maximum oxygen consumption (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ \overset{\cdot }{\mathrm{V}} $$\end{document}V⋅O2max) and (a) the increase in oxygen consumption (%\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ \overset{\cdot }{\mathrm{V}} $$\end{document}V⋅O2), (b) skin heat conductance (K b), and (c) percent of vasoconstriction (%VC) after 90 min exposure to cold

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  Fig. 5. Relationships between %fat, lean body mass (LBM), subcutaneous fat thickness, body surface area (BSA), change in increasing rate of oxygen uptake (%\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ \overset{\cdot }{\mathrm{V}} $$\end{document}V⋅O2), skin heat conductance (K b), and rate of vasoconstriction (%VC) after 90 min of cold exposure

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  Fig. 6. Relationship between the rate of vasoconstriction (%VC) and the increase in oxygen uptake (%\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$ \overset{\cdot }{\mathrm{V}} $$\end{document}V⋅O2)