Title | The Effects of Compression-Garment Pressure on Recovery After Strenuous Exercise |
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Type | Journal article |
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Authors | Hill, J., Howatson, G., van Someren, K., Gaze, D.C., Legg, H., Lineham, J. and Pedlar, C. |
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Abstract | Compression garments are frequently used to facilitate recovery from strenuous exercise. PURPOSE: To identify the effects of 2 different grades of compression garment on recovery indices after strenuous exercise. METHODS: Forty-five recreationally active participants (n = 26 male and n = 19 female) completed an eccentric-exercise protocol consisting of 100 drop jumps, after which they were matched for body mass and randomly but equally assigned to a high-compression pressure (HI) group, a low-compression pressure (LOW) group, or a sham ultrasound group (SHAM). Participants in the HI and LOW groups wore the garments for 72 h postexercise; participants in the SHAM group received a single treatment of 10-min sham ultrasound. Measures of perceived muscle soreness, maximal voluntary contraction (MVC), countermovement-jump height (CMJ), creatine kinase (CK), C-reactive protein (CRP), and myoglobin (Mb) were assessed before the exercise protocol and again at 1, 24, 48, and 72 h postexercise. Data were analyzed using a repeated-measures ANOVA. RESULTS: Recovery of MVC and CMJ was significantly improved with the HI compression garment (P < .05). A significant time-by-treatment interaction was also observed for jump height at 24 h postexercise (P < .05). No significant differences were observed for parameters of soreness and plasma CK, CRP, and Mb. CONCLUSIONS: The pressures exerted by a compression garment affect recovery after exercise-induced muscle damage, with higher pressure improving recovery of muscle function. |
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Keywords | external pressure; muscle damage; muscle function; sport; stockings |
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Journal | International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance |
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Journal citation | 12 (8), pp. 1078-1084 |
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ISSN | 1555-0265 |
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Year | 2017 |
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Publisher | Human Kinetics |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2016-0380 |
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PubMed ID | 28051341 |
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Published | 01 Sep 2017 |
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