ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2017
The effect of 1 week of repeated ischaemic leg preconditioning on simulated Keirin cycling performance: a randomised trial.
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- Influence of local and remote ischemic preconditioning on 3-min all-out exercise performance: A randomized controlled crossover study.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2025Article
- Neuromuscular Adjustments Following Sprint Training with Ischemic Preconditioning in Endurance Athletes: Preliminary Data.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Reply to: Comment on: "Using Field Based Data to Model Sprint Track Cycling Performance".Sports medicine - open · 2021Article
- Whole body hypoxic preconditioning-mediated multiorgan protection in db/db miceThe Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2021Article
- Using Field Based Data to Model Sprint Track Cycling Performance.Sports medicine - open · 2021Review
- Methodological Variations Contributing to Heterogenous Ergogenic Responses to Ischemic Preconditioning.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Effect of 2-Weeks Ischemic Preconditioning on Exercise Performance: A Pilot Study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
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- Ischemic Preconditioning Enhances Aerobic Adaptations to Sprint-Interval Training in Athletes Without Altering Systemic Hypoxic Signaling and Immune Function.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- An overview of ischemic preconditioning in exercise performance: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2019Review
- The effect of IPC on central and peripheral fatiguing mechanisms in humans following maximal single limb isokinetic exercise.Physiological reports · 2019Article
- The efficacy of 'static' training interventions for improving indices of cardiorespiratory fitness in premenopausal females.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Article
- Lack of a Dose Response from 7 Days of Ischemic Preconditioning in Moderately trained Cyclists.Sports medicine international open · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundCoaches continually seek new ways of doing things and also refine existing techniques to improve sporting performance. Coaches are currently experimenting using ischaemic preconditioning (IPC) over consecutive days in the hope of improving competitive performances.
aimsFirst, to quantify the physiological impact of 1 week of IPC on simulated Keirin cycling performance. Second, to investigate if biochemical stress markers are affected over the treatment period.
methodsUsing a randomised, sham-controlled design, 18 active adults undertook seven consecutive days of IPC treatment (4×5 min occlusion/reperfusion) applied to each leg at either 220 mm Hg (treatment, n=9) or 20 mm Hg (sham, n=9). Urinary measures of inflammation, oxidative stress and indirect nitric oxide synthesis were undertaken daily. A simulated Keirin cycling competition (4×30 s Wingate tests) was performed on day 10, with baseline and postintervention cycling VO2max (days 1, 11 and 18) and 30 s Wingate tests (day 2) undertaken for comparison.
resultsThe treatment group had enhanced mean cycling power (3.4%), while neopterin and biopterin in conjunction with total neopterin were significantly lower (p<0.05) and total biopterin significantly greater (p<0.05) during the simulated Keirin. Aerobic fitness measures significantly improved from baseline to postintervention (VO2peak: 12.8% ↑, maximal aerobic power: 18.5% ↑).
conclusionsSeven consecutive days of IPC improved aerobic and anaerobic capacity measures, with modulations in oxidative stress, immune system activation and nitric oxide/catecholamine synthesis.
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