Performing Soccer-Specific Training With Blood Flow Restriction Enhances Physical Capacities in Youth Soccer Players

Seyed A. Hosseini Kakhak; Mojtaba Kianigul; Amir-Hossein Haghighi; Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi; Brendan R. Scott

doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000003737

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Performing Soccer-Specific Training With Blood Flow Restriction Enhances Physical Capacities in Youth Soccer Players

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Performing Soccer-Specific Training With Blood Flow Restriction Enhances Physical Capacities in Youth Soccer Players

Seyed A. Hosseini Kakhak, Mojtaba Kianigul, Amir-Hossein Haghighi, Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi and Brendan R. Scott

Journal of strength and conditioning research, Vol.36(7), pp.1972-1977

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003737

PMID: 32732777

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team sport

vascular occlusion

KAATSU training

muscular endurance

cardiovascular fitness

Performing soccer-specific training with blood flow restriction enhances physical capacities in youth soccer players. J Strength Cond Res 36(7): 1972–1977, 2022—This study investigated the effect of soccer training with blood flow restriction (BFR) on physical performance in youth athletes. Nineteen semiprofessional soccer players were randomly assigned to either normal soccer training (ST; n = 9) or soccer training with BFR (STBFR; n = 10). Both groups performed identical activities during a 6-week preseason training phase, either with or without lower limb BFR. Training included soccer-specific drills, small-sided games, plyometrics, and continuous running. Before and after the intervention, players were assessed for leg extension strength and endurance, countermovement jump performance, 40-yd sprint time, change-of-direction (COD) ability, aerobic endurance, and soccer-specific endurance (while dribbling a ball). Significantly larger improvements were observed in the STBFR compared with the ST group for tests of muscular endurance (74.8 ± 34.1% vs. 4.0 ± 14.6%), COD (8.1 ± 3.7% vs. 2.8 ± 4.7%), and aerobic (54.1 ± 19.6% vs. 24.7 ± 27.2%) and soccer-specific endurance (58.4 ± 19.6% vs. 22.7 ± 10.2%). Main effects for time were observed for maximal strength, jumping, and sprinting performance (p < 0.001) but with no group and time interaction. These findings demonstrate that team sport training with BFR can enhance physical qualities that are related to performance in youth soccer players. This application of BFR may improve the adaptive responses of muscles, without having to dedicate additional training time to muscular qualities.

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Title: Performing Soccer-Specific Training With Blood Flow Restriction Enhances Physical Capacities in Youth Soccer Players
Authors/Creators: Seyed A. Hosseini Kakhak - Hakim Sabzevari University
Mojtaba Kianigul - Hakim Sabzevari University
Amir-Hossein Haghighi - Hakim Sabzevari University
Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Brendan R. Scott - Murdoch University
Publication Details: Journal of strength and conditioning research, Vol.36(7), pp.1972-1977
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Number of pages: 6
Identifiers: 991005619873207891
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Healthy Ageing; Murdoch Applied Sports Science Laboratory
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.172 Sports Science; 1.172.414 Training Optimization
Web Of Science research areas: Sport Sciences
ESI research areas: Clinical Medicine