Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2016
Low-intensity resistance training with blood flow restriction improves vascular endothelial function and peripheral blood circulation in healthy elderly people.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 95 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Impact of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) on Exercise and Hemodynamic Responses
Blood Flow Restriction Training Following Acute Shoulder Injury In Baseball Players: Assessment of Efficacy in Return to Sport
Who cites it
95 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of blood flow restriction training on cardiovascular autonomic function in middle-aged and older adults: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of blood flow restriction training on bone health in older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of different blood flow restriction training regimens combined with low-intensity training on muscle strength and cardiovascular safety in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Comparing adaptations from blood flow restriction exercise training using regulated or unregulated pressure systems: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- The Effect of Low Intensity Resistance Training with Blood Flow Restriction on Fall Resistance in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Combined with Low-Intensity Resistance Training on Lower-Limb Muscle Strength and Mass in Post-Middle-Aged Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction Training on Hemodynamic Responses and Vascular Function in Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Beneficial Role of Blood Flow Restriction Exercise in Heart Disease and Heart Failure Using the Muscle Hypothesis of Chronic Heart Failure and a Growing Literature.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Does Blood Flow Restriction Therapy in Patients Older Than Age 50 Result in Muscle Hypertrophy, Increased Strength, or Greater Physical Function? A Systematic Review.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Muscular Strength and Hypertrophy in Older Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Blood Flow-Restricted Training for Lower Extremity Muscle Weakness due to Knee Pathology: A Systematic Review.Sports healthPooled it
- The effect of blood flow restriction training on abdominal visceral fat and plasma N-lactoylphenylalanine among adults with obesity.BMC endocrine disorders · 2026Trial
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- The effect of low-intensity suspension training with blood flow restriction on GH, IGF-1, and their association with physical fitness in young women.Physiological reports · 2024Trial
- Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Resistance Training on Autonomic and Endothelial Function in Persons with Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Trial
- Low-load blood flow-restricted resistance exercise produces fiber type-independent hypertrophy and improves muscle functional capacity in older individuals.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2023Trial
- Changes in miRNA expression in patients with peripheral arterial vascular disease during moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Trial
- Effects of single bouts of different endurance exercises with different intensities on microRNA biomarkers with and without blood flow restriction: a three-arm, randomized crossover trial.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Trial
- Eight weeks of resistance training with blood flow restriction improve cardiac function and vascular endothelial function in healthy young Asian males.International health · 2021Trial
- Effect on muscle strength after blood flow restriction resistance exercise in early in-patient rehabilitation of post-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease acute exacerbation, a single blinded, randomized controlled study.Chronic respiratory diseaseTrial
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeThe present study aimed to investigate the effects of low-intensity resistance training with blood flow restriction (BFR resistance training) on vascular endothelial function and peripheral blood circulation.
methodsForty healthy elderly volunteers aged 71 ± 4 years were divided into two training groups. Twenty subjects performed BFR resistance training (BFR group), and the remaining 20 performed ordinary resistance training without BFR. Resistance training was performed at 20 % of each estimated one-repetition maximum for 4 weeks. We measured lactate (Lac), norepinephrine (NE), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and growth hormone (GH) before and after the initial resistance training. The reactive hyperemia index (RHI), von Willebrand factor (vWF) and transcutaneous oxygen pressure in the foot (Foot-tcPO2) were assessed before and after the 4-week resistance training period.
resultsLac, NE, VEGF and GH increased significantly from 8.2 ± 3.6 mg/dL, 619.5 ± 243.7 pg/mL, 43.3 ± 15.9 pg/mL and 0.9 ± 0.7 ng/mL to 49.2 ± 16.1 mg/dL, 960.2 ± 373.7 pg/mL, 61.6 ± 19.5 pg/mL and 3.1 ± 1.3 ng/mL, respectively, in the BFR group (each P < 0.01). RHI and Foot-tcPO2 increased significantly from 1.8 ± 0.2 and 62.4 ± 5.3 mmHg to 2.1 ± 0.3 and 68.9 ± 5.8 mmHg, respectively, in the BFR group (each P < 0.01). VWF decreased significantly from 175.7 ± 20.3 to 156.3 ± 38.1 % in the BFR group (P < 0.05).
conclusionsBFR resistance training improved vascular endothelial function and peripheral blood circulation in healthy elderly people.
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