Blood Flow Restriction Training for Grip Strength
This study is looking at how Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training affects grip strength in healthy young adults. BFR training uses a special cuff to partially limit blood flow to your muscles during exercise, which might help build strength with lighter weights. Researchers want to see if BFR training works better than regular low-weight exercise for improving grip strength. You can join if you are between 18 and 35 years old, in good general health, and don't have any heart, muscle, or nerve problems that would make exercise difficult. The main goal is to measure your grip strength at the beginning, after 6 weeks of training, and again 6 weeks later to see if it improves. The current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 40 healthy volunteers. Participants will be divided into groups to compare Blood Flow Restriction training with traditional low-weight resistance training.
- What's involved
- You would participate in a 6-week training program, exercising twice a week with at least 48 hours between sessions. Your grip strength will be measured at the start, after 6 weeks of training, and 6 weeks after training ends.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your grip strength will be measured again 6 weeks after the training intervention is complete.
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Blood Flow Restriction Training on Upper Extremity Grip Strength
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06535373
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Casa Colina Healthcare and Hospital
Pomona, Californiastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
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What this trial measures
- Grip Strengthbaseline, post-intervention (6 weeks), and follow-up (6 weeks)
Isometric grip strength will be assessed in the dominant arm after the intervention using the Jamar hydraulic hand dynamometer (Lafayette Instruments, Lafayette, IN). Participants will be positioned in sitting with the knees and hips flexed to 90 degrees and feet flat on the floor. The shoulder will be in a neutral position with the elbow flexed to 90 degrees and the forearm in neutral pronation-supination. (Crotin \& Ramsey, 2021) The participant will be instructed to squeeze the dynamometer with maximal effort for 3 seconds while receiving verbal encouragement. A total of three repetitions will be completed with a 30 second rest between trials to reduce fatigue. (Crotin \& Ramsey, 2021) The peak grip strength value of all three trails will be used for baseline strength and 30% of the peak value will be used to calculate the resistance (in lbs.) for the exercise protocol.