Investigating the Influence of Limb Blood Flow on Contraction-Induced Muscle Growth and the Impact of that Growth on Changes in Maximal Strength.

Autor:	Wong V; Department of Sport and Health, Solent University, Southampton, Hampshire, UNITED KINGDOM., Spitz RW; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS., Bentley JP; Department of Pharmacy Administration, The University of Mississippi, University, MS., Song JS; Department of Counseling, Health, and Kinesiology. Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX., Yamada Y; Kevser Ermin Applied Physiology Laboratory, The University of Mississippi, University, MS., Kataoka R; Kevser Ermin Applied Physiology Laboratory, The University of Mississippi, University, MS., Hammert WB; Kevser Ermin Applied Physiology Laboratory, The University of Mississippi, University, MS., Seffrin A; Postgraduate Program in Translation Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, BRAZIL., Bell ZW; Department of Clinical Health and Applied Sciences, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX., Loenneke JP; Kevser Ermin Applied Physiology Laboratory, The University of Mississippi, University, MS.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Medicine and science in sports and exercise [Med Sci Sports Exerc] 2024 Nov 28. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 28.
DOI:	10.1249/MSS.0000000000003613
Abstrakt:	Abstract: Changes in skeletal muscle size may be affected by resting blood flow (e.g., nutrient delivery) and this change in size is a hypothesized mechanism for changes in strength. Purpose: To determine: 1) whether the relationship between isometric training and muscle growth depends on baseline blood flow or is mediated by a change in blood flow and 2) whether muscle growth mediates changes in maximal isometric strength. Methods: 179 participants were randomized into: low-intensity isometric handgrip exercise (LI), low-intensity isometric handgrip exercise with blood flow restriction (LI-BFR), maximal handgrip exercise (MAX), and a non-exercise control (CONTROL). Muscle thickness, strength, and resting limb blood flow were measured before and after the six-week intervention. Results: Baseline blood flow did not moderate training effects on muscle thickness changes (MTHchg) (p = 0.666), and moderated mediation tests were non-significant. Although the LI-BFR group showed a significant effect on MTHchg (p = 0.018), MTHchg was not significantly related to handgrip strength change (HGchg) (p = 0.281), suggesting no mediation of the training-to-strength effect by MTHchg. Both the LI-BFR (p = 0.004) and MAX (p < 0.001) groups exhibited positive direct effects on HGchg compared to CONTROL. Furthermore, there were no differences between training groups and CONTROL on blood flow change (BFchg), BFchg and MTHchg were not significantly related, and neither BFchg nor MTHchg predicted HGchg, providing no evidence for mediated pathways. Conclusions: Muscle growth may not have occurred to an extent that would require vascular adaptation. Training maximally induced the greatest strength adaptations but was seemingly not driven by muscle growth. Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest and Funding Source: This study received no funding. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest related to the content of this article. (Copyright © 2024 by the American College of Sports Medicine.)
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