Abstract
Commentary: Active Preconditioning With Blood Flow Restriction or/and Systemic Hypoxic Exposure Does Not Improve Repeated Sprint Cycling Performance.
Highlights
We read with great interest the study of Aebi et al (2019) on the lively topic of hypoxic conditioning for sport performance
We congratulate the authors for their excellent work, which confirms, to some extent, some of our previous findings (Fortin and Billaut, 2019), and we wish to comment on two points of importance: (i) the differences between ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and blood flow restricted exercise (BFR) as well as (ii) the importance of the practical nature of preconditioning protocols used in sport-oriented studies
We note that while Aebi and colleagues mentioned on several occasions the term “ischemic preconditioning” (IPC), they did not completely prevent the blood flow to the legs by using 60% of total occlusion pressure
Summary
We read with great interest the study of Aebi et al (2019) on the lively topic of hypoxic conditioning for sport performance. We congratulate the authors for their excellent work, which confirms, to some extent, some of our previous findings (Fortin and Billaut, 2019), and we wish to comment on two points of importance: (i) the differences between ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and blood flow restricted exercise (BFR) as well as (ii) the importance of the practical nature of preconditioning protocols (i.e., warm-up) used in sport-oriented studies. We believe that these two points are paramount for clarifying and, perhaps, unifying the scientific community with regards to the use of varied terms and modalities, for the purpose of providing clear, practical, and evidence-based recommendations to athletes and coaches
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