Effect of Ischemic Preconditioning on Land-Based Sprinting in Team-Sport Athletes

Abstract

Results from the current study suggest there to be no benefit to team-sport players in using IPC as a means of enhancing sprint performance over a distance of 30 m. While IPC has been shown to be beneficial to sprint activities in other sports such as swimming, further research is required to elucidate whether this is the case over distances associated with land-based events in track and field or in events reliant on repeated-sprint ability.

Ischaemic preconditioning does not alter the determinants of endurance running performance in the heat

“…This pressure is supported by similar IP literature (Bailey, Jones, et al 2012;de Groot et al 2010;Sharma et al 2015), however recent near infrared spectroscopy data indicates arterial pulses may be observed up to 300 mmHg (Kido et al 2015). Pilot data, collected using Doppler ultrasound, as well as published literature (Gibson et al 2013), identified 50 mmHg as an appropriate control pressure, as it provides a sensation of pressure, without impairing arterial flow.…”

Effect of ischemic preconditioning on repeated sprint ability in team sport athletes

“…Research investigating the effect of IPC on exercise has included measures of aerobic capacity (Crisafulli et al, 2011;De Groot et al, 2010), speed (Gibson, White, Neish, & Murray, 2013) and recovery following strength and power tasks (Beaven et al, 2012). Data from these studies are equivocal with the suggestion that a pattern of responders and non-responders may exist and that the intervention may be less effective in female populations (Beaven et al, 2012;Gibson et al, 2013).…”

Ischemic preconditioning: Potential impact on exercise performance and underlying mechanisms

“…As mentioned previously, the results are equivocal. Several studies found an improvement in exercise performance, i.e., time to failure (time trial performance), peak power output, and repetitions, to name a few, after IPC on the primary or a part of the engaged limbs 4,8,[10][11][12][13][18][19][20][21]26) , whereas other studies did not show any beneficial effects [5][6][7]9,10,[14][15][16][17]22,24,25) . A few studies investigated the effects of remote IPC on exercise performance.…”

“…Further, the numbers of ischemic-reperfusion cycles were also varied in previous studies. For example, one study used 2×5 min cycles 8) , nine studies used 3×5 min cycles 5,7,10,[12][13][14]18,23,26) and 13 studies used 4×5 min cycles 4,6,9,11,[15][16][17][19][20][21][22]24,25) . As a result, a manipulation of 2 cycles showed improvement of exercise performance (100%), seven of nine studies using 3 cycles also showed improvement of exercise performance (78%), whereas, only five of 13 studies using 4 cycles showed positive effects with IPC (38%).…”

“…Previous studies used various populations, such as healthy volunteers and trained subjects (Table 1). Although an accurate classification is difficult because the detailed information of subjects is often not available, we attempted to classify subjects into 3 groups: healthy (including recreationally active) subjects 6,8,10,12,21,23,25,26) , trained athletes 4,5,7,9,11,[13][14][15][16][17][18]22,24) , and elite athletes 19,20) . This classification showed that the studies did not reach a consensus on the effects of IPC on exercise performance across different populations, i.e., different training levels.…”