The role of the muscle metaboreflex on cardiovascular responses to submaximal resistance exercise with different pressures and modes of blood flow restriction
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Abstract
This study investigated the role of the muscle metaboreflex on cardiovascular responses to submaximal resistance exercise using different pressures and modes of blood flow restriction. Fifty-three adults completed six visits. The first visit involved a performance test (two sets of unilateral knee extension exercise until task failure at 30% 1RM) with continuous blood flow restriction (80% arterial occlusion pressure). In subsequent visits, participants performed (1) a nonexercise control (Control), 70% of the repetitions completed in the performance test with the cuff inflated to (2) continuously 80% arterial occlusion (LL + 80%), (3) continuously 40% arterial occlusion (LL + 40%), (4) intermittently 80% arterial occlusion during exercise (LL + 80%Int), and (5) 0 mmHg (LL), in a randomized order. Three minutes of post-exercise circulatory occlusion was employed to assess the muscle metaboreflex activation. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured at various time points. The pre-post increase in systolic blood pressure was not greater with LL + 80%Int ( p = 0.987) but was greater with LL + 80% and LL + 40% (LL + 80% > LL + 40%, p = 0.005) than LL by 7 [95%CI: 4, 9] and 4 [95%CI; 2, 6] mmHg, respectively. Heart rate increased only with LL + 80% over LL and Control ( p < 0.001). The changes in systolic blood pressure ( p > 0.468) and heart rate ( p > 0.543) did not differ among exercise conditions from immediate post-exercise to the end of the circulatory occlusion. Systolic/diastolic blood pressure returned to a similar level as Control (∼120, ∼70 mmHg, respectively) immediately after the cuff deflation. Continuous blood flow restriction, especially with higher pressure, accentuates muscle metaboreflex activation, resulting in amplified cardiovascular responses to the exercise.
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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