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Repisalud author Reina-Ruiz, Álvaro Jesús author Galán-Mercant, Alejandro author Molina-Torres, Guadalupe author Merchán-Baeza, Jose Antonio author Romero-Galisteo, Rita Pilar author González-Sánchez, Manuel 2024-02-27T14:57:51Z 2024-02-27T14:57:51Z 2022-01-20 10.3390/ijerph19031160 1660-4601 International journal of environmental research and public health http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21020 35162182 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/18583 The main objective of this systematic review of the current literature is to analyze the changes that blood flow restriction (BFR) causes in subjects with neuro-musculoskeletal and/or systemic pathologies focusing on the following variables: strength, physiological changes, structural changes and cardiocirculatory variables. The search was carried out in seven databases, including randomized clinical trials in which therapeutic exercise was combined with the blood flow restriction tool in populations with musculoskeletal pathologies. Outcome variables are strength, structural changes, physiological changes and cardiocirculatory variables. Twenty studies were included in the present study. Although there is a lot of heterogeneity between the interventions and evaluation instruments, we observed how the restriction of blood flow presents significant differences in the vast majority of the variables analyzed. In addition, we observed how BFR can become a supplement that provides benefits when performed with low intensity, similar to those obtained through high-intensity muscular efforts. The application of the BFR technique can provide benefits in the short and medium term to increase strength, muscle thickness and cardiovascular endurance, even improving the physiological level of the cardiovascular system. In addition, BFR combined with low-load exercises also achieves benefits comparable to high-intensity exercises without the application of BFR, benefiting patients who are unable to lift high loads. eng blood flow restriction chronic pathologies controlled tourniquet musculoskeletal disease occlusion resistance training Effect of Blood Flow Restriction on Functional, Physiological and Structural Variables of Muscle in Patients with Chronic Pathologies: A Systematic Review. research article