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August 31, 2022Exercise ScienceOpen Access

Athletes with BFR showed significantly greater increases in thigh cross-sectional area and 1RM compared to the control group (p<0.05), but no significant differences in muscle power and endurance (p>0.05).

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Why the study?

The study evaluated the effects of resistance exercise with intermittent blood flow restriction on muscle thickness, maximal strength, and isokinetic muscular function in high school field hockey athletes.

Does non-linear periodization strength training with blood flow restriction improve muscle strength and function in high school field hockey athletes?

Comparison

Nonlinear periodic training with blood flow restriction vs control without blood flow restriction

Design

Comparative training study

Follow-up

8 weeks

Authors

JSJung-Ran SongSLSang-Hyun LeeDPDong‐Ho ParkChonnam National University

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Overview

May support BFR-augmented training for youth athlete hypertrophy; hypothesis-generating pending randomized trials.

Structured PICO

Does non-linear periodization strength training with blood flow restriction improve muscle strength and function in high school field hockey athletes?

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Population
20 high school male field hockey athletes (n=20)
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Intervention
Non-linear periodic strength training with intermittent blood flow restriction (BFR) using systolic blood pressure as compression strength (100% SP) for 8 weeks, 4 days/week
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Comparator
Same non-linear periodic strength training program without blood flow restriction, using different weight loading (%RM)
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Outcome
Muscle thickness (thigh circumference), maximal strength (1RM for leg press and squat), and isokinetic muscular function (strength, power, endurance)surrogate

Non-linear strength training with blood flow restriction effectively improves muscle hypertrophy and maximum strength in high school athletes, though once-weekly power and endurance training was insufficient to improve those specific parameters.

Limitations

  • Low frequency of muscle power and endurance training (once a week) may have been insufficient to elicit improvements
  • Short training period (8 weeks)

Cite This Study

Song et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fd7cc26a7f98052dc6cf3https://doi.org/10.15857/ksep.2022.00346
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