Blood Flow Restricted Walking: Does the Hypoxic Environment Compromise Walking Technique?

Overview

Journal Front Sports Act Living

Date 2025 Jan 24

PMID 39850868

Authors

Thomas Walden

Nathan Smith

Alasdair Dempsey

Andrew Michael Jonson

Olivier Girard

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