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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology2017

Combining remote ischemic preconditioning and aerobic exercise: a novel adaptation of blood flow restriction exercise.

Justin D Sprick, Caroline A Rickards

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Article in American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A peripheral perspective on brain health: vascular and skeletal muscle contributions.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2026
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  8. Cyclical blood flow restriction resistance exercise: a potential parallel to remote ischemic preconditioning?American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Justin D SprickInstitute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Caroline A RickardsInstitute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas caroline.rickards@unthsc.edu.
University of North Texas · USUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center · US

Funding

Training in the Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer's DiseaseT32AG020494 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI ROBERT Clinton BARBER, NATHALIE SUMIEN · 2002 to 2026
$6.9M
Potential Therapeutic Benefits of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning vs. Occlusive Exercise-an acute studyF31HL134242 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI SPRICK, JUSTIN DANIEL · 2017 to 2017
$28k
NHLBI NIH HHS F31 HL134242NIA NIH HHS T32 AG020494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) can attenuate tissue damage sustained by ischemia-reperfusion injury. Blood flow restriction exercise (BFRE) restricts blood flow to exercising muscles. We implemented a novel approach to BFRE with cyclical bouts of blood flow restriction-reperfusion, reflecting the RIPC model. A concern about BFRE, however, is potential amplification of the exercise pressor reflex, which could be unsafe in at-risk populations. We hypothesized that cyclical BFRE would elicit greater increases in sympathetic outflow and arterial pressure than conventional exercise (CE) when performed at the same relative intensity. We also assessed the cerebrovascular responses due to potential implementation of BFRE in stroke rehabilitation. Fourteen subjects performed treadmill exercise at 65-70% maximal heart rate with and without intermittent BFR (4 × 5-min intervals of bilateral thigh-cuff pressure followed by 5-min reperfusion periods). Mean arterial pressure (MAP), plasma norepinephrine (NE), and middle and posterior cerebral artery velocities (MCAv and PCAv) were compared between trials. As expected, BFRE elicited higher concentration NE compared with CE (1249 ± 170 vs. 962 ± 114 pg/ml;

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Adaptation, PhysiologicalBlood PressureExerciseExercise TestHeartHemodynamicsHumansIschemic PreconditioningMuscle, SkeletalReflexRegional Blood FlowReperfusion InjuryResistance Trainingexercise for cardiac rehabilitationexercise for stroke rehabilitationKAATSUvascular occlusion training

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PMID28835447
PMCPMC5792145
OpenAlexW2746913309

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