Dear Editor-in-Chief, A recent article published in the Journal of Human Kinetics (Aráujo et al., 2014) described a postexercise hypotensive effect in hypertensive subjects after resistance exercise with blood flow restriction. The aim of this letter is to endorse the importance of further research on post-exercise hypotensive effect as a result of resistance training with blood flow restrictio...

1 Neuromuscular Research Laboratory, Department of Health and Exercise Science, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA 2 Department of Exercise and Sports Science, Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA, USA 3 Department of Health and Physical Activity, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 4 Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is associated with reduced blood flow and muscle oxidative metabolism. Patients with CFS according to Centers for Disease Control criteria (n = 19) were compared with normal sedentary subjects (n = 11). Muscle blood flow was measured in the femoral artery with Doppler ultrasound after exercise. Muscle metabolism w...

To improve muscular strength and hypertrophy the American College of Sports Medicine recommends moderate to high load resistance training. However, use of moderate to high loads are often not feasible in clinical populations. Therefore, the emergence of low load (LL) blood flow restriction (BFR) training as a rehabilitation tool for clinical populations is becoming popular. Although the majorit...

IN THE LAST DECADE, there was a dramatic increase in our knowledge of the molecular events that accompany changes in skeletal muscle mass in response to resistance exercise training or to chronic unloading. For example, the role of myostatin in limiting skeletal muscle growth during development was dramatically demonstrated in knockout animals, and myostatin’s role in modulating growth of adult...