ReviewFrontiers in rehabilitation sciences2021
Perceived Barriers to Blood Flow Restriction Training.
Review in Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07384780 (Isokinetic Exercise Combined With Blood Flow Restriction), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Isokinetic Exercise Combined With Blood Flow Restriction: High-Load Vs Low-Load Training : A Randomized Controlled Trial in Post-ACL Reconstruction Populations
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Does Protocol Matter for Repetition Volume? A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Volitional Failure Versus the Traditionally Used 75-Repetition Blood Flow Restriction Resistance Training.Sports medicine - open · 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
- Ultrasound analysis of acute muscle swelling and discomfort following low-load BFR and high-load resistance exercise in upper and lower limbs.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Trial
- Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Resistance Exercise Versus Traditional Resistance Exercise in Voluntary Exhaustion on Quadriceps Muscle Adaptations in Untrained Young Males: A Randomized Trial.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Trial
- Impact of blood flow restriction cuff design on upper body exercise: A randomized crossover trial in resistance-trained adults.Physiological reports · 2025Trial
- Occlusion pressure and blood pressure adaptations following low-load blood flow restriction training versus moderate-load training: a pilot randomized clinical trial in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Trial
- Effect of High-Intensity Interval Exercise versus Continuous Low-Intensity Aerobic Exercise with Blood Flow Restriction on Psychophysiological Responses: A Randomized Crossover Study.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Attitudes and knowledge of South African healthcare professionals towards blood flow restriction training.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Editorial: Impact of blood flow restriction device features and methodological considerations on acute- and longitudinal responses to blood flow restricted exercise.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Pressure prescription in blood flow restriction training: evaluating the role of arterial occlusion pressure.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Pressure point: blood flow restriction exercise and the pain paradox in musculoskeletal injury and persistent pain populations-a narrative review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Methodological Approach to Predicting Lower Limb Blood Flow Restriction Pressure Using Anthropometry and Hemodynamics.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Blood Flow Restriction Training: A Tool to Enhance Rehabilitation and Build Athlete Resiliency.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effects of autoregulated and non-autoregulated blood flow restriction on vastus medialis oblique responses during low-load resistance exercise.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Effects of low-intensity blood flow restriction training on myocardial injury indices, antioxidant and anti-apoptotic capacity in rats.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Development and usability testing of a preliminary web-based application for the clinical implementation of blood flow restriction: a mixed methods pilot study.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Concerns about the application of resistance exercise with blood-flow restriction and thrombosis risk in hemodialysis patients.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Article
- Commentary: Effects of occlusion pressure on hemodynamic responses recorded by near-infrared spectroscopy across two visits.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Cardiovascular, perceptual, and performance responses to single- vs. multi-chambered blood flow restriction cuffs.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- No Differences in Exercise Performance, Perceptual Response, or Safety Were Observed Among 3 Blood Flow Restriction Devices.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2023Article
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Abstract
Blood flow restriction (BFR) training is increasing in popularity in the fitness and rehabilitation settings due to its role in optimizing muscle mass and strength as well as cardiovascular capacity, function, and a host of other benefits. However, despite the interest in this area of research, there are likely some perceived barriers that practitioners must overcome to effectively implement this modality into practice. These barriers include determining BFR training pressures, access to appropriate BFR training technologies for relevant demographics based on the current evidence, a comprehensive and systematic approach to medical screening for safe practice and strategies to mitigate excessive perceptual demands of BFR training to foster long-term compliance. This manuscript attempts to discuss each of these barriers and provides evidence-based strategies and direction to guide clinical practice and future research.
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