Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2025
Elbow flexion training with blood flow restriction improves strength, proprioception, and performance in healthy individuals: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03401567 (Effects of Exercises Combined With Blood Flow Restriction on Strength, Joint Position Sense and Functional Motor Performance in Healthy Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Effects of Exercises Combined With Blood Flow Restriction on Strength, Joint Position Sense and Functional Motor Performance in Healthy Individuals
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- Effect of low-intensity blood flow restriction combined with high-intensity resistance training on lower limb strength and stroke effect of table tennis players.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
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backgroundEvidence on the effects of exercise training with blood flow restriction (BFR) on upper extremity proprioception and performance is limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of 6 weeks of low-load elbow flexion exercise training with BFR on upper extremity strength, joint position sense (JPS), and functional performance.
methodsSixty healthy individuals were randomized into the experimental group (n = 30) which received low-load training with BFR or the control group (n = 30) which received no training. Elbow muscle strength, shoulder and elbow JPS, and upper extremity functional motor performance [Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST), Functional Throwing Performance Index (FTPI), Single Arm Shot Put Test (SASPT), and Modified Pull-Up Test (MPUT)] were assessed. For normally distributed data, Two-way ANOVA [2 × 2, group (between-participant) X time (within-participant), repeated measures] was used to determine the intervention effects on dependent variables. F value was used based on sphericity assumed. We considered the time-group interaction term in analyses. For non-normally distributed data, we used the Wilcoxon Signed-rank Test to examine the changes in individual groups for the relevant results and the Mann-Whitney U Test to compare changes between two-time intervals between the groups.
resultsTime by Group showed significant effects for the results of flexor strength, CKCUEST, FTPI, and MPUT in favor of the experimental group (all p < 0.001). The extensor strength, JPS, and SASPT results also improved in the experimental group compared to the control group (p < 0.05). The only change in the control group was a decrease in the FTPI percentile (p = 0.017).
conclusionsThis study adds new information about the effects of BFR on proprioception and performance. Six-week low-load elbow flexion training with BFR improves elbow muscle strength, shoulder and elbow proprioception, and upper extremity functional motor performance. CLINICAL
trial registrationNCT03401567 (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier) (Registration Date:23/12/2017).
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