Chronic Blood Flow Restriction Exercise Improves Objective Physical Function: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Background: Blood flow restriction or KAATSU exercise training is associated with greater muscle mass and strength increases than non-blood flow restriction equivalent exercise. Blood flow restriction exercise has been proposed as a possible alternative to more physically demanding exercise prescriptions (such as high-load/high-intensity resistance training) in a range of clinical and chronic disease populations. While the maintenance of muscle mass and size with reduced musculoskeletal tissue loading appeals in many of these physically impaired populations, there remains a disconnect between some of the desired clinical measures for chronic disease populations and those commonly measured in the literature examining blood flow restriction exercise. While strength does play a vital role in

SUBMITTER: Clarkson MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6712096 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature