COPD and muscle loss: is blood flow restriction a potential treatment?

摘要: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes death in United States and results a significant reduction lung function exercise tolerance. In addition, there decline muscle mass strength these individuals. Unfortunately, other comorbidities associated with this such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis obesity may prevent them from exercising at sufficiently high loads to promote hypertrophy. Also, acute exacerbations performing all. Objectives: This brief review will discuss potential benefits using blood flow restriction (BFR) when combined walking, resistance training electrical stimulation COPD patients possible safety concerns. Design Methods: Non-systematic review. Results: BFR improves size low-intensity walking or low-load training. treatment appears be safe has been used by many different populations including individuals ischaemic heart disease. For who are contraindicated perform exercise, combine neuromuscular BFR. Conclusions: for increasing highintensity not tolerated. provide unable combining it stimulation. (Journal Trainology 2014;3:1-5)