Blood Flow Restriction Training in Patients With Weight Bearing Restrictions After Knee Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patient has problems that severely limits ambulatory function from unstable orthopaedic (besides cartilage repair and meniscal fixation in the knee joint), neurological, vascular or cardiac conditions.
• •Patient has a history of diagnosed major psychiatric disorder.
• •Patient has a history of illicit drug use; be currently abusing alcohol or currently withdrawing from alcohol abuse.
• •Patient has a history of endothelial dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease, hypertension, diabetes.
• •Patient has a history of heart disease and deep vein thrombosis.
• •Patient is pregnant.
• •Patient has cancer (current diagnosis).
• •Patient has an active infection.