Abstract
It has been assumed that restriction of motor activity (hypokinesia) induces significant changes in body hydration homeostasis. Thus, the objective of this study was to measure body hydration level during prolonged hypokinesia (HK).
The studies were done on 12 male Macaca Mulatta (rhesus monkeys) aged three to five years (4.75 to 6.96 kg) during a 15-day period of pre HK and a 90-day period of HK. All primates were divided equally into two groups: monkeys placed under vivarium conditions served as vivarium control primates (VCP) and monkeys subjected to HK served as hypokinetic primates (HKP). For simulation of the HK effect, the HKM group was kept for 90 days in small individual cages that restricted their movements in all directions without hindering food and water intakes. During the pre HK period of 15 days and the HK period of 90 days the following parameters were measured: total body water (TBW), extracellular fluid volume (EFV), intracellular fluid volume (IFV), circulating plasma volume (CPV) and interstitial fluid volume (IsFV), urinary and plasma sodium and potassium, fluid consumption and elimination in urine, and body weight.
Significant (p≤0.01) decrease in the TBW, IFV, and CPV was observed in the HKP group when compared with the VCP group. In the HKP group EFV and IsFV decreased significantly (p≤0.01) when compared with the VCP group only in the initial seven days of the HK period, while after the 7th day progressive increase could be observed. Fluid loss, urinary electrolyte excretion and plasma electrolyte concentration increased significantly (p≤0.01), while fluid intakes decreased significantly (p≤0.01) in the HKP group when compared with the VCP group. In the HKP group body weight decreased significantly (p≤0.01) when compared with the VCP group. In the VCP group the measured parameters did not change significantly when compared with the baseline control values.
It was concluded that prolonged exposure to HK induces significant changes in body hydration homeostasis while body dehydration in monkeys caused primarily due to decreased CPV.
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Zorbas, Y.G., Federenko, Y.F., Kakurin, V.J. et al. Effect of Prolonged Restriction of Motor Activity on Primates Hydration Homeostasis. Int Urol Nephrol 31, 715–726 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007129109738
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