Key result
Blood flow restriction therapy may provide a safe method to begin strength training at earlier stages of rehabilitation to allow for earlier and more effective return to activity.
Why the study?
Blood flow restriction therapy may offer a safe method for early strength training in rehabilitation, but a comprehensive review of its physiology, complications, side effects, treatment algorithms, and outcomes was needed.
Does blood flow restriction therapy provide a safe method for early strength training in rehabilitation?
Does blood flow restriction therapy provide a safe method for early strength training in rehabilitation?
Blood flow restriction therapy is reviewed as a potentially safe method for early strength training in rehabilitation for civilian and military populations.
Blood flow restriction (BFR) has been shown to produce beneficial adaptations to skeletal muscle. These adaptations have been documented in the civilian and military populations. BFR therapy may provide patients a safe method to begin strength training at earlier stages of rehabilitation to allow for earlier and more effective return to activity and improved military readiness. The purpose was to review BFR therapy physiology, complications, side effects, standardized treatment algorithms, and long-term patient outcomes.
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Anderson et al. (2019) conducted a review in Skeletal muscle rehabilitation. Blood flow restriction therapy was evaluated. Blood flow restriction therapy may provide a safe method to begin strength training at earlier stages of rehabilitation to allow for earlier and more effective return to activity.
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