NCT06529068

Cardiovascular Response to Isometric BFR Exercise

Blood Pressure Responses to Isometric Blood Flow Restriction Exercise

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the acute impact of isometric blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise on blood pressure and other cardiovascular functions in healthy young adult volunteers. The main question it aims to answer is: The investigators hypothesize that isometric BFR exercise with a wide-rigid cuff would lead to greater blood pressure and other cardiovascular responses and that these cardiovascular responses would be greater under isometric BFR exercise with narrow-elastic bands compared with the control condition (no cuff). Participants will perform isometric exercises in 3 laboratory visits with different exercise conditions) no cuff control 2) BFR with wide-rigid cuff 3) BFR with narrow-elastic band.

Conditions

• Blood Pressure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Isometric handgrip exercise	The participants will perform isometric handgrip exercises without blood flow restriction.
BEHAVIORAL	Isometric handgrip exercise with a narrow-elastic band	The participants will perform isometric handgrip exercises with blood flow restriction using a narrow-elastic band.
BEHAVIORAL	Isometric handgrip exercise with a wide-rigid cuff	The participants will perform isometric handgrip exercises with blood flow restriction using a wide-rigid cuff.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-02
• Primary completion: 2025-05-30
• Completion: 2025-05-30
• First posted: 2024-07-31
• Last updated: 2025-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States