Comparison of Two Devices Using Near-infra Red Spectroscopy During a Vascular Occlusion Test

Comparison of Two Devices Using Near-infra Red Spectroscopy for the Measurement of Tissue Oxygenation During a Vascular Occlusion Test (INVOS® Versus Inspectra™)

Tissue oxygen saturation is non-invasively measured using near-infrared spectroscopy, by two device, INVOS®(somanetics Corporation, USA ) and InSpectra™ (Hutchinson Technology, USA). Each probes are attached to both thenar muscles and vascular occlusion test (VOT) is performed. The investigators will compare the Invos® data to InSpectra™ to investigate whether tissue oxygen saturation values by INVOS® can substitute for InSpectra™.

Tissue oxygen saturation is non-invasively measured using near-infrared spectroscopy, by two device, INVOS®(somanetics Corporation, USA ) and InSpectra™ (Hutchinson Technology, USA). InSpectra™ was introduced later than INVOS®.

With InSpectra™, clinicians have used a vascular occlusion test (VOT) to evaluate dynamic changes in tissue oxygen saturation during ischemia and reperfusion, and thus, microcirculatory function. There have been little data about VOT using INVOS®, although it is more popular device.

We hypothesized that there would be a difference between the values from INVOS® and InSpectra™. The aim of this study is to evaluate changes in tissue oxygen saturation in the thenar muscle during VOT using INVOS® and comapre it to InSpectra™ in a normal population.

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy subject

Exclusion Criteria:

• age under 18 years old
• with arteriovenous fistula
• with peripheral vessel disease
• taking vasoactive drug
• with a skin ailment
• with HTN, DM
• with diagnosed heart disease