title: Compression garments to prevent delayed onset muscle soreness in soccer players.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a compression garment as DOMS prevention. This was accomplished by provoking a DOMS in 15 athletes, running on a treadmill at 73% of their maximal aerobic velocity, during 40 minutes with a 10% negative slope; wearing the compression garments on one thigh, protected thigh (PT), and not in the contralateral thigh, control thigh (CT). A clinical and MRI diagnosis of DOMS was performed. Biopsies in both vastus lateralis were done, and the amount and severity of the DOMS was estimated by measuring intracellular albumin, and lymphocytes CD3+ and neutrophils intra/interfibrilar infiltrates, 48h after the induced damaging exercise. There was less total injury in the PT than in the CT, a 26.7% average. These data indicate that this compression garment is an effective method to reduce the histological injury in DOMS.
authors.affiliation: F.C. Barcelona Medical Services, Barcelona, Spain ; Sports Medicine School, University of Barcelona, Spain ; Clinica Mapfre de Medicina del Tenis, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.affiliation: F.C. Barcelona Medical Services, Barcelona, Spain ; CAR of Sant Cugat-Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Lluís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Til
authors.affiliation: F.C. Barcelona Medical Services, Barcelona, Spain ; CAR of Sant Cugat-Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Franchek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Drobnic
authors.affiliation: Sports Medicine School, University of Barcelona, Spain ; CAR of Sant Cugat-Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turmo
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: José Bruno
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Montoro
authors.affiliation: Servei d'Estadística, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Valero
authors.affiliation: Human Anatomy and Embriology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Artells
keywords: albumin; biopsy; eccentric; inflammatory cells; muscle