Effect of Ischemic Preconditioning (IPC) on Recovery of Exercise Performance Following a Bout of Exercise to Volitional Exhaustion

The purpose of the present study was to investigate effect ischemic preconditioning (IPC) on recovery exercise performance following maximal, incremental exercise. A total 13 healthy males volunteered participate, undertaking three experimental trials involving a constant work-rate bout severe intensity undertaken limit tolerance that preceded by 40-min period consequent test. During period, participants underwent IPC at 220 mmHg, sham (SHAM; 20 mmHg), and passive rest (CON). Exercise time higher as compared SHAM CON {199 ± 36 (CON) vs. 203 35 (SHAM) 219 34 (IPC), p = 0.03}. This accompanied tendency toward an augmented increase in blood lactate from (p 0.08). There no oxygen uptake kinetics or muscle oxygenation indicated via near-infrared spectroscopy. may therefore have capacity augment prior maximal exercise, but this does not appear be due enhancements oxygenation.