Blood Flow Restricted Exercise and Skeletal Muscle Health

In Brief For nearly half a century, high mechanical loading and mechanotransduction pathways have guided exercise recommendations for inducing muscle hypertrophy. However, emerging research on low-intensity exercise with blood flow restriction challenges this paradigm. This article will describe the BFR exercise model and discuss its efficacy, potential mechanisms, and clinical viability. Exercise with blood flow restriction results in muscle growth, and this review discusses its efficacy, mechanisms of action, and feasibility.