ArticleJournal of human kinetics2022
Blood-Flow-Restriction-Training-Induced Hormonal Response is not Associated with Gains in Muscle Size and Strength.
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- Effects of blood flow restriction combined with high-load training on muscle strength and sports performance in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Comparing adaptations from blood flow restriction exercise training using regulated or unregulated pressure systems: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Blood flow restriction combined with resistance training on muscle strength and thickness improvement in young adults: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Combined with Low-Intensity Resistance Training on Lower-Limb Muscle Strength and Mass in Post-Middle-Aged Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Blood flow restriction as an adjunct during mid-stage rehabilitation after ACL reconstruction: a randomized sham-controlled study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Trial
- The effect of low-intensity suspension training with blood flow restriction on GH, IGF-1, and their association with physical fitness in young women.Physiological reports · 2024Trial
- Factors Affecting Clinical Decision Making for Blood Flow Restriction Training in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Partial ischemia as molecular medicine: molecular mechanisms and clinical horizons of blood flow restriction training.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- The Effects of Low-Load Resistance Training Combined with Blood Flow Restriction or Hypoxia on Cardiovascular Response: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Blood flow restriction training: a new approach for preventing and treating sarcopenia in older adults.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Muscle Strength and Hypertrophy in Untrained Males: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on a Comparison with High-Load Resistance Training.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Commentary: Blood flow restriction combined with resistance training on muscle strength and thickness improvement in young adults: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Salivary testosterone and cortisol responses to seven weeks of practical blood flow restriction training in collegiate American football players.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Hormonal, immune, and oxidative stress responses to blood flow-restricted exercise.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2023Review
- Acute Hormonal Responses to Multi-Joint Resistance Exercises with Blood Flow Restriction.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine whether increases in post-exercise endocrine response to low-load resistance exercise with blood flow restriction and high-load resistance exercise would have association with increases in muscle size and strength after an 8-week training period. Twenty-nine untrained men were randomly allocated into three groups: low-load resistance exercise with (LL-BFR) or without blood flow restriction (LL), and high-load resistance exercise (HL). Participants from LL-BFR and LL groups performed leg extension exercise at 20% of one repetition maximum (1RM), four sets of 15 repetitions and the HL group performed four sets of eight repetitions at 80% 1RM. Before the first training session, growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), testosterone, cortisol, and lactate concentration were measured at rest and 15 min after the exercise. Quadriceps CSA and 1RM knee extension were assessed at baseline and after an 8-week training period. GH increased 15 min after exercise in the LL-BFR (p = 0.032) and HL (p < 0.001) groups, with GH concentration in the HL group being higher than in the LL group (p = 0.010). There was a time effect for a decrease in testosterone (p = 0.042) and an increase in cortisol (p = 0.005), while IGF-1 remained unchanged (p = 0.346). Both muscle size and strength were increased after training in LL-BFR and HL groups, however, these changes were not associated with the acute post-exercise hormone levels (p > 0.05). Our data suggest that other mechanisms than the acute post-exercise increase in systemic hormones induced by LL-BFR and HL produce changes in muscle size and strength.
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