In this newest episode Johnny and Kyle talk with Dr. Alex Franz from the Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery at the University Hospital of Bonn. We discuss Dr. Franz's extensive research in blood flow restriction exercise and how he's using that path to solve big problems in medicine! This conversation is pretty epic! You're sure to enjoy. Below you'll find the papers of his we discussed.

Franz, A., Queitsch, F. P., Behringer, M., Mayer, C., Krauspe, R., & Zilkens, C. (2018). Blood flow restriction training as a prehabilitation concept in total knee arthroplasty: A narrative review about current preoperative interventions and the potential impact of BFR. Medical Hypotheses, 110, 53–59.

Franz, A., Behringer, M., Nosaka, K., Buhren, B. A., Schrumpf, H., Mayer, C., Zilkens, C., & Schumann, M. (2017). Mechanisms underpinning protection against eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage by ischemic preconditioning. Medical Hypotheses, 98, 21–27.

Franz, A., Behringer, M., Harmsen, J.-F., Mayer, C., Krauspe, R., Zilkens, C., & Schumann, M. (2018). Ischemic Preconditioning Blunts Muscle Damage Responses Induced by Eccentric Exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(1), 109–115.

Franz, A., Berndt, F., Raabe, J., Harmsen, J.-F., & Behringer, M. (2020). Invasive Assessment of Hemodynamic, Metabolic and Ionic Consequences During Blood Flow Restriction Training. Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.617668

Alexander Franz, Sanghyeon Ji, Bernd Bittersohl, Christoph Zilkens, MichaelBehringer. (n.d.). Impact of a Six-Week Prehabilitation with Blood-Flow Restriction Training on Pre- and Postoperative Skeletal Muscle Mass and Strength in Patients Receiving Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty.