Restricted Blood Flow Exercise in Sedentary, Overweight African-American Females May Increase Muscle Strength and Decrease Endothelial Function and Vascular Autoregulation

Restricted Blood Flow Exercise in Sedentary, Overweight African-American Females May Increase Muscle Strength and Decrease Endothelial Function and Vascular Autoregulation

Objectives: Exercise with partially restricted blood flow is a low-load, low-intensity resistance training regimen which may have the potential to increase muscle strength in the obese, elderly and frail who are unable to do high-load training. Restricted blood flow exercise has also been shown to a...

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Main Authors: Vernon Bond, Bryan Heath Curry, Krishna Kumar, Sudhakar Pemminati, Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla, Kishan Kadur, Richard Mark Millis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacopuncture
Subjects:
Kaatsu
quadriceps femoris
resistance training
skeletal muscle
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2017.20.002

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2017.20.002

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