Effects of low-intensity bench press training with restricted arm muscle blood flow on chest muscle hypertrophy: A pilot study

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 338-343

  Yasuda, Tomohiro ^a   Fujita, Satoshi ^a   Ogasawara, Riki ^a   Sato, Yoshiaki ^a   Abe, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle cross sectional area; Resistance training; Ultrasound; Vascular occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PILOT PROJECTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TIME FACTORS; TOURNIQUETS; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955783936     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2010.00949.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Abe T, Kondo M, Kawakami Y, Fukunaga T. Prediction equations for body composition of Japanese adults by B-mode ultrasound. Am J Hum Biol 1994, 6:613-618.
2. Abe T, Kawakami Y, Suzuki Y, Gunji A, Fukunaga T. Effects of 20 days bed rest on muscle morphology. J Gravit Physiol 1997, 4:S10-S14.
3. Abe T, deHoyos DV, Pollock ML, Garzarella L. Time course for strength and muscle thickness changes following upper and lower body resistance training. Eur J Appl Physiol 2000, 81:174-180.
4. Abe T, Yasuda T, Midorikawa T, Sato Y, Kearns CF, Inoue K, Koizumi K, Ishii N. Skeletal muscle size and circulating IGF-1 are increased after two weeks of twice daily " KAATSU" resistance training. Int J KAATSU Training Res 2005, 1:6-12.
5. Abe T, Kearns CF, Sato Y. Muscle size and strength are increased following walk training with restricted venous blood flow from the leg muscle, Kaatsu-walk training. J Appl Physiol 2006, 100:1460-1466.
6. Borst SE, deHoyos DV, Grazarella L, Vincent K, Pollock BH, Lowenthal DT, Pollock ML. Effects of resistance training on insulin-like growth factor-I and IGF binding proteins. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001, 41:648-653.
7. Dunstan DW, Daly RM, Owen N, Jolley D, De Courten M, Shaw J, Zimmet P. High-intensity resistance training improves glycemic control in older patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2002, 25:1729-1736.
8. Fiatarone MA, Marks EC, Ryan ND, Meredith CN, Lipsitz LA, Evans WJ. High-intensity strength training in nonagenarians. Effects on skeletal muscle. JAMA 1990, 263:3029-3034.
9. Florini JR, Ewton DZ, Coolican SA. Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor system in myogenesis. Endocr Rev 1996, 17:481-517.
10. Frontera WR, Meredith CN, O'Reilly KP, Knuttgen HG, Evans WJ. Strength conditioning in older men: skeletal muscle hypertrophy and improved function. J Appl Physiol 1988, 64:1038-1044.
11. Fujita S, Abe T, Drummond MJ, Cadenas JG, Dreyer HC, Sato Y, Volpi E, Rasmussen BB. Blood flow restriction during low-intensity resistance exercise increases S6K1 phosphorylation and muscle protein synthesis. J Appl Physiol 2007, 103:903-910.
12. Fujita T, Brechue WF, Kurita K, Sato Y, Abe T. Increased muscle volume and strength following six days of low-intensity resistance training with restricted muscle blood flow. Int J KAATSU Training Res 2008, 4:1-8.
13. Goldfarb AH, Garten RS, Chee PD, Cho C, Reeves GV, Hollander DB, Thomas C, Aboudehen KS, Francois M, Kraemer RR. Resistance exercise effects on blood glutathione status and plasma protein carbonyls: influence of partial vascular occlusion. Eur J Appl Physiol 2008, 104:813-819.
14. Guillet C, Boirie Y. Insulin resistance: a contributing factor to age-related muscle loss? Diabates Metab 2005, 31:5S20-5S26.
15. Madarame H, Neya M, Ochi E, Nakazato K, Sato Y, Ishii N. Cross-transfer effects of resistance training with blood flow restriction. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2008, 40:258-263.
16. Marx JO, Ratamess NA, Nindl BC, Gotshalk LA, Volek JS, Dohi K, Bush JA, Gomez AL, Mazzetti SA, Fleck SJ, Hakkinen K, Newton RU, Kraemer WJ. Low-volume circuit versus high-volume periodized resistance training in women. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001, 33:635-643.
17. Miyatani M, Kanehisa H, Ito M, Kawakami Y, Fukunaga T. The accuracy of volume estimates using ultrasound muscle thickness measurements in different muscle groups. Eur J Appl Physiol 2004, 91:264-272.
18. Reeves GV, Kraemer RR, Hollander DB, Clavier J, Thomas C, Francois M, Castracane VD. Comparison of hormone responses following light resistance exercise with partial vascular occlusion and moderately difficult resistance exercise without occlusion. J Appl Physiol 2006, 101:1616-1622.
19. Takarada Y, Nakamura Y, Aruga S, Onda T, Miyazaki S, Ishii N. Rapid increase in plasma growth hormone after low-intensity resistance exercise with vascular occlusion. J Appl Physiol 2000a, 88:61-65.
20. Takarada Y, Takazawa H, Sato Y, Takebayashi S, Tanaka Y, Ishii N. Effects of resistance exercise combined with moderate vascular occlusion on muscular function in humans. J Appl Physiol 2000b, 88:2097-2106.
21. Takarada Y, Sato Y, Ishii N. Effects of resistance exercise combined with vascular occlusion on muscle function in athletes. Eur J Appl Physiol 2002, 86:308-314.
22. Visser M, Kritchevsky SB, Goodpaster BH, Newman AB, Nevitt M, Stamm E, Harris TB. Leg muscle mass and composition in relation to lower extremity performance in men and women aged 70 to 79: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002, 50:897-904.
23. Yasuda T, Fujita T, Miyagi Y, Kubota Y, Sato Y, Nakajima T, Bemben MG, Abe T. Electromyographic responses of arm and chest muscle during bench press exercise with and without KAATSU. Int J KAATSU Training Res 2006, 2:15-18.
24. Yasuda T, Brechue WF, Fujita T, Sato Y, Abe T. Muscle activation during low-intensity muscle contractions with restricted blood flow. J Sports Sci 2009, 27:479-489.