Ischemic preconditioning and exercise performance: shedding light through smallest worthwhile change

Acute Photobiomodulation Does Not Influence Specific High-Intensity and Intermittent Performance in Female Futsal Players

“…Our data showed that PBMT did not influence the performance and physiological/perceptual indicators of the YYIR1 (i.e., HR, lactate concentration, and muscle oxygenation responses and RPE). Even considering the individual responses through SWC, which may be relevant in studies evaluating ergogenic aids [ 32 ] (i.e., not only mean group), our results show no differences between PBMT and placebo ( Figure 2 ). This is the first study testing the effects of PBMT on the YYIR1 performance in female futsal players.…”

Ischemia-Reperfusion Intervention: From Enhancements in Exercise Performance to Accelerates Performance Recovery - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…Finally, each study which appeared to respect the criteria of eligibility was reviewed (figure 1). To estimate the quality of all articles included in this review, it was used a checklist (Table 1) based on our previous experience [12,30]. Two investigators analyzed the methodological quality of the articles assigning among 3 possible scores (Yes = 1 point, Unclear = 1/2 point, No = 0 points) for each item (total of 15) of the checklist.…”

Letter to editor: Comment: ischemic preconditioning and exercise performance: shedding light through smallest worthwhile

“…Thus, for each item (n = 15), there were three possible scores (Yes = 1 point; Unclear = 0.5 points and No = 0 points) allowing measuring the general quality of each publication. As indicated in their systematic review and meta-analysis, our article got a score of 12.5 on a scale of 15 (Lalonde and Curnier 2015;Marocolo et al 2019) which is in the norm in regard to the other studies included in their analyses. In this sense, it appears that our original article got a score of 0 in question 6 ("does the study provide estimates of the random variability in the data for the main outcomes?")…”

“…Dr. Marocolo et al recently published an article in the European Journal of Applied Physiology on the ischemic preconditioning (IPC) and exercise performance: shedding light through smallest worthwhile change (Marocolo et al 2019). We read with high interest their systematic review with meta-analysis to update the effects of ischemic preconditioning on exercise performance and physiological responses and we would like to congratulate them for their impressive work.…”

“…Our laboratory team members are actively working on the topic of remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) in relation to performance for a couple of years (Caru et al 2019a, b). In this sense, we are proud that our study (Lalonde and Curnier 2015), Can anaerobic performance be improved by remote ischemic preconditioning?, was cited in this review and meta-analysis (Marocolo et al 2019), especially because Marocolo et al did an impressive quality assessment for each selected paper. In their methodological approach, adapted from the studies by Downs and Black (1998), they gave a score for each selected paper, for a maximum of 15 per article (Downs and Black 1998).…”