Affiliation:
1. Department of Human Health & Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Abstract
The addition of blood flow restriction during low-load resistance exercise is considered to increase the signaling events and muscle growth responses to a greater extent than low-load resistance exercise alone. It remains unclear whether blood flow restriction accelerates or increases these adaptive responses, as most studies have each condition perform the same amount of work. Despite different amounts of work performed, we show similar signaling and muscle growth responses occur after low-load resistance exercise with and without blood flow restriction. Our work supports that blood flow restriction accelerates fatigue but does not increase the signaling events and muscle growth responses during low-load resistance exercise.
Funder
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
MDECEC | Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Physiology