Why the study?
The response of myokines to blood-flow restricted resistance exercise in younger versus older males before and after resistance training had not been clearly determined.
Does a 12-week resistance training program alter the myokine response to acute blood-flow restricted resistance exercise in younger and older males?
Does a 12-week resistance training program alter the myokine response to acute blood-flow restricted resistance exercise in younger and older males?
Both age and training status influence the myokine response to acute blood-flow restricted resistance exercise, with untrained state responses of IL-4, IL-6, and LIF correlating with strength gains.
Should not yet alter BFR-RE protocols by age or training; leaves open myokine contributions to untrained strength gains.
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the response of myokines to blood-flow restricted resistance-exercise (BFR-RE) in younger and older males before and after completing a 12-week resistance-training program. Methods There were 8 younger (24.8 ± 3.9 yrs) and 7 older (68.3 ± 5.0 yrs) untrained male participants completed this study. Anthropometric and maximal strength (1RM) measurements were collected before and after a 12-week, supervised, progressive full-body resistance-training program. As well, an acute bout of full-body BFR-RE was performed with venipuncture blood samples collected before and immediately following the BFR-RE, followed by sampling at 3, 6, 24 and 48 h. Results The 12-week training program stimulated a 32.2% increase in average strength and 30% increase in strength per kg of fat free mass. The response of particular myokines to the acute bout of BFR-RE was influenced training status (IL-4, untrained = 78.1 ± 133.2 pg/mL vs. trained = 59.8 ± 121.6 pg/mL, P = 0.019; IL-7, untrained = 3.46 ± 1.8 pg/mL vs. trained = 2.66 ± 1.3 pg/mL, P = 0.047) or both training and age (irisin, P = 0.04; leukemia inhibitory factor, P < 0.001). As well, changes in strength per kg of fat free mass were correlated with area under the curve for IL-4 ( r = 0.537; P = 0.039), IL-6 ( r = 0. 525; P = 0.044) and LIF ( r = − 0.548; P = 0.035) in the untrained condition. Conclusion This study identified that both age and training status influence the myokine response to an acute bout of BFR-RE with the release of IL-4, IL-6 and LIF in the untrained state being associated with changes in strength per kg of fat free mass.
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