Low-intensity blood flow restriction calf muscle training leads to similar functional and structural adaptations than conventional low-load strength training: A randomized controlled trial

• Simon Gavanda ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: sgavanda@ist-hochschule.de

  Affiliation Department Fitness & Health, IST University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1442-2402

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• Eduard Isenmann,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department Fitness & Health, IST University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany, Institute of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Yvonne Schlöder,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department Fitness & Health, IST University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Roland Roth,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation

  Affiliation Institute of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Jürgen Freiwald,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Sport Science Movement and Training Science, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

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• Thorsten Schiffer,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Outpatient Clinic for Sports Traumatology and Public Health Consultation, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Stephan Geisler,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department Fitness & Health, IST University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Michael Behringer

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Sports Sciences, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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