Table 1. Participants’ characteristics expressed as means ± standard deviations.
N = 30 (15 males / 15 females)
Age (yrs) 23.0 ± 2.9
Weight (kg) 72.6 ± 13.3
Height (cm) 175.7 ± 9.7
Body mass index (kg·m-2) 23.3 ± 2.8
Right thigh circumference (cm) 59.2 ± 4.8
Skinfold thickness of vastus lateralis (cm) 1.9 ± 0.9
Physical activity (h·week-1) 8.2 ± 5.0
Resistance training (h·week-1) 3.0 ± 2.6
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 121.5 ± 8.5
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 80.5 ± 6.2
One-repetition maximum knee extension (Nm) 165.3 ± 41.3
20% of one-repetition maximum knee extension (Nm) 33.1 ± 8.3
Blood flow restriction pressure Arterial occlusion pressure (mmHg) 227.7 ± 36.7
60% of arterial occlusion pressure (mmHg) 136.6 ± 22.0
Practical blood flow restriction pressure Overlap (cm) 27.7 ± 4.1
Overlap relative to thigh circumference (%) 46.8 ± 5.9