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This episode builds on the last one which started to look at the role that EMS can assist with strength and muscle gains.  The addition of Blood Flow Restriction with EMS prior to this paper hadn't been investigated so this was a novel investigation.

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The Effects of Blood Flow Restricted Electrostimulation on Strength and Hypertrophy.

Slysz JT, Burr JF.

J Sport Rehabil.2018 May 1;27(3):257-262. doi: 10.1123/jsr.2017-0002. Epub 2018 May 22.

Abstract

CONTEXT:

The combined effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) and blood flow restriction (BFR) on muscle mass and strength has not been thoroughly investigated.

OBJECTIVE:

To examine the effects of combined and independent BFR and a low-intensity NMES on skeletal muscle adaptation.

 

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:

Subjects had each leg randomly allocated to 1 of 4 possible intervention groups: (1) cyclic BFR alone, (2) NMES alone, (3) BFR + NMES, or (4) control. Each leg was stimulated in its respective intervention group for 32 minutes, 4 days per week for 6 weeks. Mean differences in size (in grams) and isometric strength (in kilograms), between week 0 and week 6, were calculated for each group.

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