Blood flow restriction exercise: considerations of methodology, application, and safety

SD Patterson, L Hughes, S Warmington, J Burr… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The current manuscript sets out a series of guidelines for blood flow restriction exercise,
focusing on the methodology, application and safety of this mode of training. With the …

The efficacy of blood flow restricted exercise: A systematic review & meta-analysis

J Slysz, J Stultz, JF Burr - Journal of science and medicine in sport, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives To systematically search and assess studies that have combined blood flow
restriction (BFR) with exercise, and to perform meta-analysis of the reported results to …

Low intensity blood flow restriction training: a meta-analysis

JP Loenneke, JM Wilson, PJ Marín, MC Zourdos… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
The primary objective of this investigation was to quantitatively identify which training
variables result in the greatest strength and hypertrophy outcomes with lower body low …

Blood flow restriction training and the exercise pressor reflex: a call for concern

MD Spranger, AC Krishnan, PD Levy… - American Journal …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Blood flow restriction (BFR) training (also known as Kaatsu training) is an increasingly
common practice employed during resistance exercise by athletes attempting to enhance …

Exercise and blood flow restriction

ZK Pope, JM Willardson… - The Journal of Strength & …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Pope, ZK, Willardson, JM, and Schoenfeld, BJ. Exercise and blood flow restriction. J
Strength Cond Res 27 (10): 2914–2926, 2013—A growing body of research has …

Potential safety issues with blood flow restriction training

JP Loenneke, JM Wilson, GJ Wilson… - … journal of medicine …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The focal point of previous literature was establishing the efficacy of blood flow restriction
training with respect to muscular strength, muscular hypertrophy, and muscular endurance …

[HTML][HTML] Blood flow restriction enhances post–resistance exercise angiogenic gene expression

KA Larkin, RG Macneil, M Dirain… - Medicine and science …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of blood flow restriction (BFR)
on muscle oxygenation during low-intensity resistance exercise as well as postexercise …

The influence of participant characteristics on the relationship between cuff pressure and level of blood flow restriction

JEA Hunt, C Stodart, RA Ferguson - European journal of applied …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Previous investigations to establish factors influencing the blood flow restriction
(BFR) stimulus have determined cuff pressures required for complete arterial occlusion …

Frequent low‐load ischemic resistance exercise to failure enhances muscle oxygen delivery and endurance capacity

A Kacin, K Strazar - … journal of medicine & science in sports, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the effects of frequent low‐load ischemic resistance exercise
performed to failure on quadriceps size and performance, muscle activation, oxygen kinetics …

Muscular adaptations after two different volumes of blood flow‐restricted training

J Martín‐Hernández, PJ Marín… - … journal of medicine …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to gain an insight into the adaptations of muscle strength and skeletal
muscle thickness after two different volumes of blood flow restriction training (BFRT), and …