Doctoral candidate Joseph Ostrem publishes in Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Joe OstremJoseph Ostrem, Kinesiology MS (2013), currently a doctoral candidate in the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author on an article published in the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound. The article, “Presence of a high flow-mediated constriction phenomenon prior to flow-mediated dilation in normal weight, overweight and obese children and adolescents, ” examines the presence of high flow-mediate constriction in children and found that overweight and obese children display this phenomenon more often than children of normal weight. This new biomarker may indicate early onset of cardiovascular disease in children.

The article is part of Mr. Ostrem’s doctoral thesis. He is advised by Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology. Prof. Dengel and Nicholas Evanoff, a Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, are co-authors on the article.