Autoregulation during blood flow restricted exercise offers no additional benefit on thigh muscle hypertrophy and strength adaptations in trained participants: a randomized within-subject 8-week trial
The current manuscript is the first ever to investigate the chronic effects of BFR training in autoregulated and non-autoregulated applications and is pioneering in this respect. These findings suggest autoregulation does not provide additional physiological benefits under controlled training conditions in the same individual.
Authors
- Onur Başdemirci
- Nicholas Rolnick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-5015)
- Neslihan Akçay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-5351)
- Kadir Keskin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7458-7225)
- Luke Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3215-1319)
- Cem Sofuoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4327-0796)
- Okan Kamiş
- Nevin Köremezli Keskin
Institutions
- Aksaray University (TR)
- Karabük University (TR)
- Northumbria University (GB)
- Gazi Hastanesi (TR)
- Bundesverband Freier Radios (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Physiology
- Published
- 2026-02-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2026.1772708
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00