The effects of 6 weeks of high load or low-load blood flow restriction resistance exercise training on motor unit firing rates in males and females
Abstract
Motor unit (MU) firing rates did not differ in response to high-load (HL) or low-load blood flow restriction (LL-BFR) training when accounting for individual variability, contraction intensities, and recruitment position. Contributing to the divergent literature on sex-related differences in firing rates, highlighting nonuniform differences across muscle and contraction intensity. In addition, firing rates differ between VL and VM across parameters. To our knowledge, no prior investigation has compared firing rates of both leg extensor muscles in response to resistance exercise training (RET).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Sports Performance and Training
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Neurophysiology
- Publisher
- American Physiological Society
- Volume
- 135
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 547–556
- Publication date
- 28 January 2026
- Language
- EN