Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2020
Ischemic preconditioning has no effect on maximal arm cycling exercise in women.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07497659 (Ischemic Preconditioning and Cardiac Demand During Resistance Exercise in Older Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Ischemic Preconditioning and Cardiac Demand During Resistance Exercise in Older Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Muscle Oximetry in Sports Science: An Updated Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Ischemic preconditioning with active reperfusion does not improve high-intensity intermittent exercise in youth team sport players.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
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- Enhancing physical performance with ischemic preconditioning: a systematic review and meta-analysis of moderators and performance outcomes.Biology of sport · 2026Review
- Comment on "Optimizing Post‑Activation Performance Enhancement in Athletic Tasks: A Systematic Review with Meta‑analysis for Prescription Variables and Research Methods".Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- 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
- Potential Short- and Long-Term Physiological Effects of Ischemic Preconditioning as an Ergogenic Aid: Revisiting Foundational Mechanisms and Applications.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Determining minimum cuff pressure required to reduce arterial blood flow at rest.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Evaluating Local Muscle Oxygen Saturation: Ischemic Preconditioning Protocols and the Myth of Overcompensation.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
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- Ischemic preconditioning and exercise performance: are the psychophysiological responses underestimated?European journal of applied physiology · 2023Review
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- Ischemic Preconditioning Improves the Bench-Press Maximal Strength in Resistance-Trained Men.International journal of exercise science · 2023Article
- Potential physiological responses contributing to the ergogenic effects of acute ischemic preconditioning during exercise: A narrative review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Methodological Variations Contributing to Heterogenous Ergogenic Responses to Ischemic Preconditioning.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Does ischemic preconditioning really improve performance or it is just a placebo effect?PloS one · 2021Article
- Sex differences in fatigability after ischemic preconditioning of non-exercising limbs.Biology of sex differences · 2020Article
- Time Course of Recovery for Performance Attributes and Circulating Markers of Muscle Damage Following a Rugby Union Match in Amateur Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeWe investigated the effect of ischemic preconditioning (IPC) on performance of a 3 min maximal effort arm ergometer test in young women.
methodsTwenty healthy women (23.1 (SD 3.3) years) performed a 3 min maximal effort arm cycling exercise, preceded by IPC on both arms or SHAM in a counterbalanced randomized crossover design. Both blood flow (via high resolution ultrasound; n = 17) and muscle oxygenation/deoxygenation (via near infrared spectroscopy; n = 5) were measured throughout the IPC/SHAM. Performance and perceptual/physiological (i.e., heart rate, blood lactate, rating of perceived exertion, and triceps brachialis oxygenation) parameters were recorded during the exercise test.
resultsOcclusion during IPC completely blocked brachial artery blood flow, decreased oxygenated hemoglobin/myoglobin (Δ[oxy(Hb + Mb)]), and increased deoxygenated Hb/Mb (Δ[deoxy(Hb + Mb)]). There were no differences (P > 0.797) in performance (peak, mean, and end power output) or in any perceptual/physiological variables during the 3 min all-out test between IPC/SHAM. During exercise, Δ[oxy(Hb + Mb)] initially decreased with no differences (P ≥ 0.296) between conditions and returned towards baseline by the completion of the test while Δ[deoxy(Hb + Mb)] increased with no differences between conditions and remained elevated until completion of the test (P ≥ 0.755).
conclusionsWe verified the successful application of IPC via blood flow and NIRS measures but found no effects on performance of a 3 min maximal effort arm cranking test in young women.
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