Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2017
The effect of eccentric exercise with blood flow restriction on neuromuscular activation, microvascular oxygenation, and the repeated bout effect.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04682392 (The Effects of Bone Health on Landing Mechanics on Patients Post ACL Reconstruction.), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Bone Health on Landing Mechanics on Patients Post ACL Reconstruction.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effect of blood flow restriction training with different intermittent durations on the post-activation potentiation of lower limbs:a meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of lower limb blood flow restriction training on post-activation potentiation enhancement and fatigue: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Potential Moderators of the Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Muscle Strength and Hypertrophy: A Meta-analysis Based on a Comparison with High-Load Resistance Training.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of blood flow restriction training on PAP and lower limb muscle activation: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Low-Load Blood-Flow Restriction Exercise to Failure and Nonfailure and Myoelectric Activity: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of athletic training · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Neural Adaptations Following Blood Flow Restriction Training: What We Know and What We Don't Know.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of low-intensity resistance training at different levels of blood flow restriction on pain, proprioception and muscle strength in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- Separate and combined effects of local and systemic hypoxia in resistance exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Trial
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- Adding blood flow restriction to isokinetic resistance training provides no additional benefit for strength, but may improve local muscular endurance: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- The effect of aerobic exercise with blood flow restriction on substrate utilization and energy expenditure.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The Short-Term Effects of an Exercise Protocol Incorporating Blood Flow Restriction and Body Cooling in Healthy Young Adults.Methods and protocols · 2025Article
- Review
- Physiological and perceptual responses to acute arm cranking with blood flow restriction.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Acute effects of static balance exercise combined with different levels of blood flow restriction on motor performance fatigue as well as physiological and perceptual responses in young healthy males and females.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Effects of Different Percentages of Blood Flow Restriction on Muscle Oxygen Saturation While Walking.International journal of exercise science · 2023Article
- Effect of supervised rehabilitation combined with blood flow restriction training in athletes with chronic ankle instability: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Physiological responses of human skeletal muscle to acute blood flow restricted exercise assessed by multimodal MRI.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2020Article
- Effects of Drop-Set and Pyramidal Resistance Training Systems on Microvascular Oxygenation: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Approach.International journal of exercise science · 2020Article
- Limb blood flow and tissue perfusion during exercise with blood flow restriction.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the effect of low-intensity eccentric contractions with and without blood flow restriction (BFR) on microvascular oxygenation, neuromuscular activation, and the repeated bout effect (RBE).
methodsParticipants were randomly assigned to either low-intensity (LI), low-intensity with BFR (LI-BFR), or a control (CON) group. Participants in LI and LI-BFR performed a preconditioning bout of low-intensity eccentric exercise prior to about of maximal eccentric exercise. Participants reported 24, 48, 72, and 96 h later to assess muscle damage and function. Surface electromyography (sEMG) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) were used to measure neuromuscular activation and microvascular deoxygenation (deoxy-[Hb + Mb]) and [total hemoglobin] ([THC]) during the preconditioning bout, respectively.
resultsDuring set-2, LI-BFR resulted in greater activation of the VM-RMS (47.7 ± 11.5% MVIC) compared to LI (67.0 ± 20.0% MVIC), as well as during set-3 (p < 0.05). LI-BFR resulted in a greater change in deoxy-[Hb + Mb] compared to LI during set-2 (LI-BFR 13.1 ± 5.2 µM, LI 6.7 ± 7.9 µM), set-3 (LI-BFR 14.6 ± 6 µM, LI 6.9 ± 7.4 µM), and set-4 (p < 0.05). [THC] was higher during LI-BFR compared to LI (p < 0.05). All groups showed a decrease in MVIC torque immediately after maximal exercise (LI 74.2 ± 14.1%, LI-BFR 75 ± 5.1%, CON 53 ± 18.6%). At 24, 48, 72, and 96 h post maximal eccentric exercise, LI and LI-BFR force deficit was not different from baseline.
conclusionThis study suggests that the neuromuscular and deoxygenation (i.e., metabolic stress) responses were considerably different between LI and LI-BFR groups; however, these differences did not lead to improvements in the RBE inferred by performing LI and LI-BFR.
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