The anabolic benefits of venous blood flow restriction training may be induced by muscle cell swelling

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 151-154

  Loenneke, J P ^a   Fahs, C A ^a   Rossow, L M ^a   Abe, T ^b   Bemben, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SWELLING; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; METABOLITE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CELL SWELLING; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION; VENOUS STASIS;

HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 83155175102     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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