ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2022
Greater neuromuscular fatigue following low-load blood flow restriction than non-blood flow restriction resistance exercise among recreationally active men.
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- Effects of Low-Load Blood-Flow Restriction Training Versus High-Load Resistance Training on Neuromuscular Performance and Neuromuscular Activation.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Trial
- Neuromuscular adaptations to caffeine supplementation in low-load resistance training with blood flow restriction.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
- Comparable muscle fatigue responses across different low-load blood flow restriction protocols among women.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Trial
- Post-exercise neural plasticity is augmented by adding blood flow restriction during low work rate arm cycling.Experimental physiology · 2025Trial
- Progression and perceptual responses to blood flow restriction resistance training among people with multiple sclerosis.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Trial
- Acute Effects of Sprint Interval Training and Blood Flow Restriction on Neuromuscular and Muscle Function.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2024Trial
- Pain responses following resistance exercise with and without blood flow restriction in individuals with multiple sclerosis.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- 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
- Effect of training status on muscle excitation and neuromuscular fatigue with resistance exercise with and without blood flow restriction in young men.Physiological reports · 2025Article
- A novel approach to monitoring selective fatigue in female softball athletes: evaluating load-velocity relationship variables and specific performance metrics.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Blood flow restriction increases necessary muscle excitation of the elbow flexors during a single high-load contraction.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- The addition of blood flow restriction during resistance exercise does not increase prolonged low-frequency force depression.Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- Acute hypoalgesic, neurophysiological and perceptual responses to low-load blood flow restriction exercise and high-load resistance exercise.Experimental physiology · 2024Article
- Sex differences in muscle contraction-induced limb blood flow limitations.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Acute effects of low load blood flow restricted and non restricted exercise on muscle excitation, neuromuscular efficiency, and average torque.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2023Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effects of low-load blood flow restriction (LLBFR) and low-load non-BFR (LL) on neuromuscular function after a bout of standardized fatiguing leg extension muscle actions. Fourteen men (mean age ± SD = 23 ± 4 yr) volunteered to participate in this investigation and randomly performed LLBFR and LL on separate days. Resistance exercise consisted of 75 isotonic unilateral leg extension muscle actions performed at 30% of one-repetition maximum. Before (pretest) and after (posttest) performance of each bout of exercise, strength and neural assessments were determined. There were no pretest to posttest differences between LLBFR and LL for maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) torque or V wave/M wave responses (muscle compound action potentials assessed during a superimposed MVIC muscle action), which exhibited decreases (collapsed across condition) of 41.2% and 26.2%, respectively. There were pretest to posttest decreases in peak twitch torque (36.0%) and surface electromyography amplitude (sEMG) (29.5%) for LLBFR but not LL and larger decreases in voluntary activation for LLBFR (11.3%) than for LL (4.5%). These findings suggested that LLBFR elicited greater fatigue-induced decreases in several indexes of neuromuscular function relative to LL. Despite this, both LLBFR and LL resulted in similar decrements in performance as assessed by maximal strength.
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