ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2017
A tale of three cuffs: the hemodynamics of blood flow restriction.
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- Effects of blood flow restriction combined with high-load training on muscle strength and sports performance in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of blood flow restriction training on cardiometabolic health and body composition in adults with overweight and obesity: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Post-exercise neural plasticity is augmented by adding blood flow restriction during low work rate arm cycling.Experimental physiology · 2025Trial
- The impact of acute blood-flow-restriction resistance exercise on somatosensory-evoked potentials in healthy adults.Experimental physiology · 2024Trial
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- Pressure prescription in blood flow restriction training: evaluating the role of arterial occlusion pressure.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Reduced task-related quadriceps sEMG and limited functional transfer after 4-week low-load blood flow restriction training: a pilot randomized controlled study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Sex differences in brachial and superficial femoral artery occlusion pressure.Current research in physiology · 2026Article
- Individual factors associated with arterial and limb occlusion pressure in blood flow restriction: a scoping review of predictors and measurement methods.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Influence of blood flow restriction cuff width on acute metabolic, perceptual, and landing responses to low-load resistance exercise in trained long jump athletes.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
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- Methodological Approach to Predicting Lower Limb Blood Flow Restriction Pressure Using Anthropometry and Hemodynamics.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Current Narrative Review-Application of Blood Flow Restriction Exercise in Clinical Knee Problems.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Lower Extremity Maximum Dynamic Strength and Isokinetic Muscle Strength among Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Review
- Comparative Effects of Narrow vs. Wide Cuff Blood Flow Restriction on Muscle Synergy Dynamics: A Time-Frequency Decomposition Approach.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Determining minimum cuff pressure required to reduce arterial blood flow at rest.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Acute effects of blood flow restriction training at various arterial occlusion pressures on muscle activation, blood lactate responses, and RPE in healthy adult males.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Advances and limitations of semi-elastic pneumatic cuffs in blood flow restriction training: a narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- The Discrepancy Between External and Internal Load/Intensity during Blood Flow Restriction Exercise: Understanding Blood Flow Restriction Pressure as Modulating Factor.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
- The Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Aerobic Exercise on Body Composition, Muscle Strength, Blood Biomarkers, and Cardiovascular Function: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
introductionThe blood flow response to relative levels of blood flow restriction (BFR) across varying cuff widths is not well documented. With the variety of cuff widths and pressures reported in the literature, the effects of different cuffs and pressures on blood flow require investigation. PURPOSE: To measure blood pressure using three commonly used BFR cuffs, examine possible venous/arterial restriction pressures, and measure hemodynamic responses to relative levels of BFR using these same cuffs.
methods43 participants (Experiment 1, brachial artery blood pressure assessed) and 38 participants (Experiment 2, brachial artery blood flow assessed using ultrasound, cuff placed at proximal portion of arm) volunteered for this study.
resultsBlood pressure measurement was higher in the 5 cm cuff than in the 10 and 12 cm cuffs. Sub-diastolic relative pressures appear to occur predominantly at <60% of arterial occlusion pressure (AOP). Blood flow under relative levels of restriction decreases in a non-linear fashion, with minimal differences between cuffs [resting: 50.3 (44.2) ml min
conclusionsUnder relative levels of restriction, pressures from 40 to 90% of AOP appear to decrease blood flow to a similar degree in these three cuffs. Relative pressures appear to elicit a similar blood flow stimulus when accounting for cuff width and participant characteristics.
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