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NOTES:

2020 Review on Occlusion training, a systematic review: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0363546520964454?journalCode=ajsb

Early (2009) review on occlusion training: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/fulltext/2009/06000/the_use_of_occlusion_training_to_produce_muscle.11.aspx#:~:text=LOW%2DINTENSITY%20OCCLUSION%20

Potential safety issues with blood flow restriction: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21410544/

Review on the mechanisms for improvement with blood flow restriction: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25249278/

Health for Performance resources in the context of women’s sport and RED-S: http://health4performance.co.uk/

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