Low Intensity Resistance Exercise Training with Blood Flow Restriction: Insight into Cardiovascular Function, and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in Humans

Authors

Song-young Park, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow
Yi Sub Kwak, Dong-Eui University
Andrew Harveson, University of Utah
Joshua C. Weavil, University of Utah
Kook E. Seo, Pusan National University

Author ORCID Identifier

Park - https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8576-7531

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-30-2015

Publication Title

The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology

Volume

19

Issue

3

First Page

191

Last Page

196

Abstract

Attenuated functional exercise capacity in elderly and diseased populations is a common problem, and stems primarily from physical inactivity. Decreased function and exercise capacity can be restored by maintaining muscular strength and mass, which are key factors in an independent and healthy life. Resistance exercise has been used to prevent muscle loss and improve muscular strength and mass. However, the intensities necessary for traditional resistance training to increase muscular strength and mass may be contraindicated for some at risk populations, such as diseased populations and the elderly. Therefore, an alternative exercise modality is required. Recently, blood flow restriction (BFR) with low intensity resistance exercise (LIRE) has been used for such special populations to improve their function and exercise capacity. Although BFR+LIRE has been intensively studied for a decade, a comprehensive review detailing the effects of BFR+LIRE on both skeletal muscle and vascular function is not available. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to discuss previous studies documenting the effects of BFR+LIRE on hormonal and transcriptional factors in muscle hypertrophy and vascular function, including changes in hemodynamics, and endothelial function.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4196/kjpp.2015.19.3.191

Recommended Citation

Park, Song-young; Kwak, Yi Sub; Harveson, Andrew; Weavil, Joshua C.; and Seo, Kook E., "Low Intensity Resistance Exercise Training with Blood Flow Restriction: Insight into Cardiovascular Function, and Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy in Humans" (2015). Health and Kinesiology Faculty Publications. 75.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/hperfacpub/75

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