title: The Effects of Compression-Garment Pressure on Recovery After Strenuous Exercise.
abstract: Compression garments are frequently used to facilitate recovery from strenuous exercise.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Glyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Howatson
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Someren
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gaze
authors.forename: Hayley
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Legg
authors.forename: Jack
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lineham
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedlar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D003020:Clothing; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D063806:Myalgia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000097:blood; D011312:Pressure
chemical_list: D009211:Myoglobin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D003402:Creatine Kinase
keywords: external pressure; muscle damage; muscle function; sport; stockings