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Why BFR cuff features are an important methodological consideration

A short commentary on “Cerebral cortex activation and functional connectivity during low-load resistance training with blood flow restriction: An fNIRS study”

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  • Nicholas Rolnick The Human Performance Mechanic
  • Matthew Clarkson 3- Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0447-9269
  • Luke Hughes Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, UK
  • Vasileios Korakakis Department of Health Sciences, PhD in Physiotherapy Program, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Victor De Queiros Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN, Brazil
  • Stephen D Patterson Centre for Applied Performance Sciences, St. Mary’s University Twickenham, London, UK
  • Samuel Buckner USF Muscle Laboratory, Exercise Science Program, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
  • Timothy Werner Department of Exercise Science, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4525-1308
  • Dahan Da Cunha Nascimento Department of Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB), Brasilia, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6580-9404
  • Sten Stray-Gundersen Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1395-8467
  • Okan Kamis Department of Sports and Health, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Türkiye https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5640-7833
  • Mathias Thoelen Department of Physical Therapy, Anna TopSupport, Eindhoven, Netherlands https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8988-4882
  • Kyle Kimbrell Owens Recovery Science, San Antonio, TX, United States
  • Ewoud Jacobs Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Ghent University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent, Belgium https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4658-0552

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.427

Keywords:

blood flow restricted, blood flow restriction, bfr training, bstrong

Abstract

 

Before reading the article, we want to reiterate our desire to have an open and honest dialogue with Jia et al. (2024) regarding the content of their manuscript. We wrote this letter to the editor and Dr. Jeremy Loenneke, PhD – the editor for this publication -  felt that this commentary was worthy of publication to begin the discussion surrounding the article. However, he was denied of proceeding forward to publication by the PLOSOne policy of not publishing letters to the editor/commentaries. Moreover, the only place where we could leave a commentary on the article is in the “Public comments” section. Unfortunately, it is not working due to undisclosed circumstances and there is no timeline for when it will be back online. Nonetheless, we are extremely disappointed in PLOSOne’s policy to not allow for open and honest academic discourse on their publications. We hope that in the future PLOSOne allows for more open discussions on the articles they publish.

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