PT Inquest Episode 130: Blood Flow Restriction Training and You

Blow Flow Restriction (BFR) training is a topic that is often requested for us to cover, but the research has not been very impressive to us regarding rehab application. That said, we aim to please! (No we don’t.) So in this episode, we are joined by Scot Morrison to discuss what we know and what we don’t know around BFR and the potential rehab applications. THIS ARTICLE IS CURRENTLY OPEN ACCESS SO FOLLOW THE LINK TO READ IT!

Blood flow restriction training in clinical musculoskeletal rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hughes L, Paton B, Rosenblatt B, Gissane C, Patterson SD.
Br J Sports Med. 2017 Jul;51(13):1003-1011. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097071. Epub 2017 Mar 4.

Here is the pre-review registration: ReviewRegistry91

Due to copyright laws, unless the article is open source we cannot legally post the PDF on the website for the world to download at will. That said, if you are having difficulty obtaining an article, contact us.

Music for PT Inquest:
“The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake
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