Unilateral, bilateral, and alternating muscle actions elicit similar muscular responses during low load blood flow restriction exercise

Purpose Compare acute muscular responses to unilateral, bilateral, and alternating blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise. Methods Maximal strength was tested on visit one. On visits 2–4, 2–10 days apart, 19 participants completed 4 sets of knee …

Non-invasive assessment of ribcage inspiratory muscle fatigue during two endurance tests in healthy subjects

Introduction: Fatigue is defined as a loss in the capacity for developing force and/or velocity of a muscle which is reversible by rest. The aim was to evaluate non-invasively the fatigue and recovery of the inspiratory ribcage muscles during two …