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Enhancing strength and postocclusive calf blood flow in older people with training with blood-flow restriction

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posted on 2014-06-24, 10:23 authored by Stephen D. Patterson, Richard FergusonRichard Ferguson
The response of calf-muscle strength, resting blood flow, and postocclusive blood flow (PO ) were investigated after 4 wk of low-load resistance training (LLRT) with and without blood-flow restriction in a matched-leg design. Ten untrained older individuals age 62-73 yr performed unilateral plantar-flexion LLRT at 25% 1-repetition maximum (1RM). One limb was trained with normal blood flow and the other had blood flow restricted using a pressure cuff above the knee. 1RM, isometric maximal voluntary contraction, and isokinetic strength at 0.52 rad/s increased (p < .05) more after LLRT with blood-flow restriction than with normal blood flow. Peak PO increased (p < .05) after LLRT with blood-flow restriction, compared with no change after LLRT with normal blood flow. These results suggest that 4 wk of LLRT with blood-flow restriction may be beneficial to older individuals to improve strength and blood-flow parameters. © 2011 Human Kinetics, Inc.

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Volume

19

Issue

3

Pages

201 - 213

Citation

PATTERSON, S.D. and FERGUSON, R.A., 2011. Enhancing strength and postocclusive calf blood flow in older people with training with blood-flow restriction. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 19 (3), pp. 201 - 213

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© Human Kinetics

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

Publication date

2011

Notes

This article is closed access.

ISSN

1063-8652

eISSN

1543-267X

Language

  • en

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