INFLUENCE OF THE AMOUNT OF COMPRESSION ON VENOUS AND ARTERIAL BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY AND SKIN MICROCIRCULATION OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY.

OBJECTIVE: The aim: To determine the effect of compression on the venous and arterial velocity of the main blood flow of the lower limb and the skin microcirculation of the rear part of the foot.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: 20 healthy subjects participated in this study: 11 men 11 (55%) men and 9 (45%) girls. The ankle brachial index (ABI), femoropop¬liteal index, femoral arterial blood flow velocity (AFV), venous blood flow velocity (VFV), transcutaneous oxygen pressure (tcPO2) and carbon dioxide pressure (tcPCO2) were measured. After the general measurements were taken, the tire was inflated to 10 mm Hg under general basic conditions and kept for three minutes. The experiment ended when no decrease in tcPO2 was observed between two consecutive pressure levels.

RESULTS: Results: The average tire pressure to reach physiological zero was 80 mm Hg. for all participants. At 10 mmHg significant changes in indicators were found by 19% (p=0.0001). tcPCO2 values increased significantly at 10 mmHg (p=0.0319) and continued to increase until the end of the study. It was established that its values increased by 14% compared to the input data (p=0.0005).

CONCLUSION: Conclusions: At the maximum compression of 60 mmHg the arterial blood flow rate decreased by 5.5 times (p=0.0001). TcPCO2 increases significantly when compressed by 10 mm Hg also in parallel with the decrease in the regional perfusion index, which begins at an external compression of 40 mm Hg, which is evidence of the deterioration of the perfusion of the skin of the anterior part of the foot in healthy subjects.