The Reliability and Validity of Manual Palpation to Assess Lower Limb Arterial Occlusion Pressure in Older Adults, for Application in Blood Flow Restriction Exercise.

Michael Beere, Isaac Selva Raj, Jeremiah J Peiffer, Keith D Hill, Peter K Edwards, Belinda Brown, Brendan R Scott

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Article in European journal of sport science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Michael BeereSchool of Allied Health, College of Health and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7778-9778

Isaac Selva RajSchool of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, Discipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-9936

Jeremiah J PeifferSchool of Allied Health, College of Health and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.

Keith D HillRehabilitation Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre, Monash University Peninsula Campus, Frankston, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0308

Peter K EdwardsSchool of Allied Health Curtin University, Perth, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4032-1346

Belinda BrownPHysical Activity, Sport, and Exercise (PHASE) Research Group, School of Allied Health (Exercise Science), Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.

Brendan R ScottSchool of Allied Health, College of Health and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2484-4019

Funding

Australian Government Research Training ProgramNational Health and Medical Research Council GNT1196462

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(A) Investigate test-retest reliability of posterior tibial pulse palpation to determine arterial occlusion pressure (AOP) and examine validity against hand-held Doppler ultrasound. (B) Investigate the suitability of using 130% systolic brachial blood pressure for prescribing cuff inflation pressure for blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise. Repeated measures, crossover design. Lower limb AOP was assessed in 20 adults ≥ 60 years using hand-held Doppler ultrasound and posterior tibial pulse palpation. Brachial systolic blood pressure (bSBP) was measured to predict cuff inflation pressures (bSBP

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Blood Flow Restriction TherapyLower ExtremityPalpationAgedBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationBrachial ArteryCross-Over StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRegional Blood FlowReproducibility of ResultsUltrasonography, Dopplerblood flow restrictionblood pressurekaatsu trainingmethod comparisontest‐retest reliability

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PMID42548081

DOI10.1002/ejsc.70233

PMCPMC13434030

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