Table A1.

Research strategy.

WoS	Knee AND (“blood flow occlusion training” OR kaatsu OR “blood flow restricted exercise”) Knee osteoarthritis AND (“blood flow restricted exercise” OR kaatsu) “Occlusion training” AND (“knee osteoarthritis” OR “Anterior Cruciate Ligament”) “Blood flow restricted exercise” AND (knee osteoarthritis OR ACL)
PEDro	“Blood flow restricted” AND knee Kaatsu AND knee “Knee osteoarthritis” AND BFR “Anterior cruciate ligament” AND BFR
Scopus	(“Blood flow occlusion” OR “blood flow restricted” OR kaatsu) AND “knee osteoarthritis” (“Blood flow occlusion” OR “blood flow restricted” OR kaatsu) AND ACL (“Blood flow restriction exercise” OR “occlusion training” OR “ischemic strength training”) AND knee
MEDLINE (Pubmed)	(“Blood flow restriction” OR “occlusion training” OR kaatsu) AND knee (“Blood flow restriction” OR “occlusion training” OR kaatsu) AND “Anterior Cruciate Ligament” “Blood flow restriction” AND ACL “Blood flow restriction” AND “knee osteoarthritis” “knee osteoarthritis” AND (“occlusion training” OR Kaatsu) BFR AND (“knee osteoarthritis” OR “anterior cruciate ligament”)
Dialnet	knee AND (“blood flow restriction exercise” OR kaatsu) (“Blood flow restriction” OR kaatsu OR “blood flow occlusion”) AND knee
Cochrane Library	“Blood flow restricted exercise” AND knee (“Blood flow restriction” OR “occlusion training” OR kaatsu) AND “knee osteoarthritis” (“Blood flow restriction” OR “occlusion training” OR kaatsu) AND ACL (“Blood flow restriction” OR “occlusion training” OR kaatsu) AND “anterior cruciate ligament” BFR AND “anterior cruciate ligament” BFR AND “knee osteoarthritis”
CINAHL (EBSCO)	Knee AND (“blood flow restriction exercise” OR kaatsu) (blood flow restricted” OR “blood flow occlusion” OR kaatsu) AND “knee osteoarthritis” (blood flow restricted” OR “blood flow occlusion” OR kaatsu) AND “anterior cruciate ligament”