Effects of Blood Flow Restriction During Eccentric Resistance Exercise

Utah State University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Blood Flow Restriction

Treatments: Device: Eccentric exercise / Eccentric exercise with blood flow restriction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05606744

12042a

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the muscle strength and muscle soreness effects experienced following short term (acute) eccentric exercise with and without blood flow restriction (BFR) performed at low - moderate training intensities.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

• lower body surgery or injury in the last 12 months
• have any neuromuscular disease
• height >76 inches tall
• height <54 inches tall
• eccentric strength greater than 725 pounds
• pregnant or plan to be pregnant in the duration of the protocol
• don't do resistance exercise at least once per week
• perform intense cardio or strength training >4 days per week
• Present with any other significant comorbid conditions that would impair the ability to participate in the exercise-based testing

Inclusion criteria:

• 18 - 30 years old
• strength train lower body 1-3 times per week

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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45 participants in 2 patient groups

Eccentric exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Only multi-joint eccentric exercise

Treatment:

Device: Eccentric exercise / Eccentric exercise with blood flow restriction

Eccentric training with blood flow restriction

Experimental group

Description:

Multi-joint eccentric exercise with blood flow restriction

Treatment:

Device: Eccentric exercise / Eccentric exercise with blood flow restriction