TY - JOUR AU - Shang, Yu AU - Gurley, Katelyn AU - Symons, Brock AU - Long, Douglas AU - Srikuea, Ratchakrit AU - Crofford, Leslie J. AU - Peterson, Charlotte A. AU - Yu, Guoqiang PY - 2012 DA - 2012/11/01 TI - Noninvasive optical characterization of muscle blood flow, oxygenation, and metabolism in women with fibromyalgia JO - Arthritis Research & Therapy SP - R236 VL - 14 IS - 6 AB - Women with fibromyalgia (FM) have symptoms of increased muscular fatigue and reduced exercise tolerance, which may be associated with alterations in muscle microcirculation and oxygen metabolism. This study used near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopies to noninvasively evaluate muscle blood flow, blood oxygenation and oxygen metabolism during leg fatiguing exercise and during arm arterial cuff occlusion in post-menopausal women with and without FM. SN - 1478-6354 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/ar4079 DO - 10.1186/ar4079 ID - Shang2012 ER -