“…the STO 2 reperfusion rate [STO 2 upslope (as a percentage per minute)] during PORH}. Research supports that NIRS, as a measure for microvascular responsiveness, is repeatable between trials (McLay, Nederveen, Pogliaghi, Paterson, & Murias, ) and sensitive to factors such as training (Soares, George, Proctor, & Murias, ), occlusion duration (McLay, Gilbertson, Pogliaghi, Paterson, & Murias, ), obesity (Soares & Murias, ), glucose load (Soares, Reimer, Alenezi, Doyle‐Baker, & Murias, ) and age (Rosenberry et al., ). Such findings support that NIRS coupled with PORH is an effective way to measure vascular health and assess the degree of vascular impairment in certain disease states.…”