Training under venous blood flow restriction (BFR) has received considerable interest in sports science and sports medicine journals in recent years. Driven by the positive effects of BFR training on muscle mass and function, a growing number of clinical scientists are beginning to investigate this training therapy and its potential impact on health and disease.
Muscle wasting due to age or disease is a catalyst for disease development in almost any condition. However, today's clinical training therapy has no suitable training methods to enable the majority of physically compromised patients to train in a way that provides the necessary intensity for muscle adaptations. While BFR training could fill a significant gap in this regard, the implementation of a new training technique in clinical practice is accompanied by many challenges. Therefore, we would like to introduce the Research Topic "Clinical Application and Impact of Blood-Flow-Restriction Training", which is intended to be a collection of basic scientific work on the application of BFR training in clinical settings and primary descriptions of feasibility and effects. We hope that this will expand the range of BFR applications, illustrate positive as well as possible negative effects of BFR training in patient populations and provide a proven scientific basis for future work.
This Research Topics covers all aspects of applicability of BFR and exercise physiology in clinical conditions. The aim is to expand the possibilities of this technique, to share experience in clinical practice and to describe and interpret the physiological adaptations under pathological conditions. Therefore, this Research Topic welcomes submissions on BFR applications in clinical trial groups, acute and chronic effects of training with patients as well as molecular and cellular changes in exercise physiology and effects of chronic diseases on muscle function.
Training under venous blood flow restriction (BFR) has received considerable interest in sports science and sports medicine journals in recent years. Driven by the positive effects of BFR training on muscle mass and function, a growing number of clinical scientists are beginning to investigate this training therapy and its potential impact on health and disease.
Muscle wasting due to age or disease is a catalyst for disease development in almost any condition. However, today's clinical training therapy has no suitable training methods to enable the majority of physically compromised patients to train in a way that provides the necessary intensity for muscle adaptations. While BFR training could fill a significant gap in this regard, the implementation of a new training technique in clinical practice is accompanied by many challenges. Therefore, we would like to introduce the Research Topic "Clinical Application and Impact of Blood-Flow-Restriction Training", which is intended to be a collection of basic scientific work on the application of BFR training in clinical settings and primary descriptions of feasibility and effects. We hope that this will expand the range of BFR applications, illustrate positive as well as possible negative effects of BFR training in patient populations and provide a proven scientific basis for future work.
This Research Topics covers all aspects of applicability of BFR and exercise physiology in clinical conditions. The aim is to expand the possibilities of this technique, to share experience in clinical practice and to describe and interpret the physiological adaptations under pathological conditions. Therefore, this Research Topic welcomes submissions on BFR applications in clinical trial groups, acute and chronic effects of training with patients as well as molecular and cellular changes in exercise physiology and effects of chronic diseases on muscle function.