From: Effects of rapid repetition of a vascular occlusion test on near-infrared spectroscopy-derived variables in healthy subjects and in critically ill patients
Interval
Variable
First
Second
P value
5 minutes
AscSlope
3.6 (2.7 to 4)
3.4 (2.8 to 4.6)
0.065
DescSlope
10 (8.4 to 11.6)
10.5 (8 to 11.8)
0.774
NIRS VO2
103 (74 to 156)
108 (73 to 140)
0.442