Low-load blood flow-restricted resistance exercise produces fiber type-independent hypertrophy and improves muscle functional capacity in older individuals
Jakob Wang, Anna-Maria Godsk Mogensen, Frederik Forsberg Thybo, Magnus Brandbyge, Jonas Brorson, Gerrit van Hall, Jakob Agergaard, Frank Vincenzo de Paoli, Benjamin F. Miller, Hans Erik Bøtker, Jean Farup, Kristian Vissing
Abstract
We provide novel insight, that as little as 6 wk of low-load blood flow-restricted resistance exercise (BFRRE) produces pronounced fiber type-independent hypertrophy, alongside improvements across a broad range of muscle functional capacity in older individuals. Notably, since these results were obtained with a modest exercise volume and in a very time-efficient manner, BFRRE may represent a potent exercise strategy to counteract age-related muscle decay.
Topics & Concepts
Skeletal muscleMuscle hypertrophySarcopeniaConnective tissueMyofibrilInternal medicineEndocrinologyMedicineBiologyPathologyMuscle metabolism and nutritionMuscle Physiology and DisordersCardiovascular and exercise physiology