ArticleJornal vascular brasileiro
Acute effects of strength exercise with blood flow restriction on vascular function of young healthy males.
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- Exercise and Endothelial Function: Insights from a Redox Perspective.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- The influence of interval training combined with occlusion and cooling on lipid profile in young healthy people.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Blood flow-restricted resistance training modulates miRNAs to improve early hypertensive cardiac function.PloS one · 2025Article
- Hormonal, immune, and oxidative stress responses to blood flow-restricted exercise.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2023Review
- Impact of Blood-Flow-Restricted Training on Arterial Functions and Angiogenesis-A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Effects of blood flow restriction training on bone turnover markers, microstructure, and biomechanics in rats.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Effect of blood flow-restricted resistance training on myocardial fibrosis in early spontaneously hypertensive rats.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Stimulation of the Vascular Endothelium and Angiogenesis by Blood-Flow-Restricted Exercise.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Effect of Blood Flow-Restricted Low Resistance Training on Microvascular Circulation of Myocardium in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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- EFFECT OF BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION TRAINING ON MUSCULAR PERFORMANCE, PAIN AND VASCULAR FUNCTION.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundStrength training with blood flow restriction (STBFR) provokes similar neuromuscular adaptations to traditional strength training using low training loads. However, there is a need for better understanding of the repercussions for antioxidant parameters and vascular function.
objectivesThe objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of a session of low intensity strength training with blood flow restriction, compared with high intensity and low intensity strength training without blood flow restriction, on the levels of nitric oxide products and antioxidant enzyme activity in healthy young men.
methodsEleven young men performed three strength exercise sessions: low intensity with blood flow restriction (LIBFR), high intensity (HI), and low intensity (LI). Activity of the antioxidant enzymes catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) was assessed and metabolites of nitric oxide (NOx) were assayed before and after each session.
resultsThere were no changes to NOx plasma levels under the different exercise conditions (p > 0.05). However, SOD activity exhibited a significant reduction after the LIBFR condition (p < 0.05), while CAT activity reduced significantly after the LI condition (p < 0.05).
conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that one session of low intensity strength training with blood flow restriction does not reduce bioavailability of nitric oxide or induce redox imbalance in healthy young men.
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