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April 23, 2010Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in SportsOpen Access

Relative safety of 4 weeks of blood flow‐restricted resistance exercise in young, healthy adults

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Why the study?

Does 4 weeks of low-load resistance exercise with blood flow restriction safely increase strength compared to high-load resistance exercise in young, healthy adults?

Population

Young, healthy adults

Comparison

4 weeks of low-load resistance exercise with… vs High-load resistance exercise

Design

Other

Follow-up

4 weeks

Authors

BCBrian C. ClarkOhio UniversityTMTodd M. ManiniUniversity of Florida HealthRHRichard L. HoffmanIndiana University Health

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Implication

BFRE may safely increase strength in healthy young adults without vascular or neural changes; leaves open efficacy and safety in clinical populations.

Structured PICO

Does 4 weeks of low-load resistance exercise with blood flow restriction safely increase strength compared to high-load resistance exercise in young, healthy adults?

P
Population
Young, healthy adults
I
Intervention
4 weeks of low-load resistance exercise with blood flow restriction (BFRE) (leg extension 3 days/week at 30% of strength, cuff inflated to 30% above systolic blood pressure)
C
Comparator
High-load resistance exercise (HLE) (leg extension 3 days/week at 80% of strength)
O
Outcome
Changes in strength, pulse-wave velocity (PWV), ankle-brachial index (ABI), prothrombin time (PT) and nerve conduction (NC) after 4 weeks of trainingsurrogate

Low-load resistance exercise with blood flow restriction safely increases strength without altering nerve, vascular, coagulation, or inflammation markers in healthy adults.

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Clark et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a217db54f27a676ef8b7e53https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01100.x
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