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Time course of regional vascular adaptations to low load resistance training with blood flow restriction
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posted on 2014-06-23, 13:45 authored by Julie E.A. Hunt, Dermot Galea, Graham Tufft, Danny Bunce, Richard FergusonRichard FergusonDistortion to hemodynamic and ischemic stimuli during blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise may influence regional vascular adaptation. We examined changes at the conduit, resistance, and capillary level in response to low load resistance exercise with BFR. Eleven males (22 ± 3 yr, 178 ± 4 cm, 78 ± 9 kg) completed 6 wk (3 days/wk) unilateral plantar flexion training with BFR at 30% 1 repetition maximum (1-RM). The contralateral leg acted as a nonexercised control (CON). Popliteal artery function [flow-mediated dilation, FMD%] and structure [maximal diameter] and resistance vessel structure [peak reactive hyperemia] were assessed using Doppler ultrasound before and at 2-wk intervals. Calf filtration capacity was assessed using venous occlusion plethysmography before and after training. BFR training elicited an early increase in peak reactive hyperemia (1,400 ± 278 vs. 1,716 ± 362 ml/min at 0 vs. 2 wk; t-test: P = 0.047), a transient improvement in popliteal FMD% (5.0 ± 2.1, 7.6 ± 2.9, 6.6 ± 2.1, 5.7 ± 1.6% at 0, 2, 4 and 6 wk, respectively; ANOVA: P = 0.002), and an increase in maximum diameter (6.06 ± 0.44 vs. 6.26 ± 0.39 mm at 0 vs. 6 wk; Bonferroni t-test: P = 0.048). Capillary filtration increased after 6 wk BFR training (P ± 0.043). No changes in the CON leg were observed. Adaptation occurred at all levels of the vascular tree in response to low load resistance exercise with BFR. Enhanced peak reactive hyperemia and transient improvement in popliteal artery function occurred before changes in artery structural capacity. Copyright © 2013 the American Physiological Society.
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Journal of Applied PhysiologyVolume
115Issue
3Pages
403 - 411Citation
HUNT, J.E.A. ... et al, 2013. Time course of regional vascular adaptations to low load resistance training with blood flow restriction. Journal of Applied Physiology, 115 (3), pp. 403 - 411Publisher
© American Physiological SocietyVersion
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8750-7587eISSN
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- en