LEG COMPRESSION GARMENT TRIAL

LEG COMPRESSION GARMENT TRIAL

determined the effects of different levels of pressure exerted by CG (covered knee to ankle) on 10-km time trial performance. Considering that higher compression (> 35 mmHg) may reduce local blood circulation around muscle, moderate compressive pressures (15–20 mmHg) may be appropriate for improving exercise performance. Possible explanations for these discrepancies may be due to differences in the levels of compressive pressure applied among studies. decrease in oxygen uptake (VO 2) slow component, and increased time to exhaustion were observed when wearing CG during submaximal running, whereas previous studies still contain conflicting results for benefit of wearing CG during running. For instance, reduced energy cost of running, i.e. To date, a number of studies focused on the effect of CG on exercise performance during running.

These differences in methodological criteria may have masked the effectiveness of CG. However, inconsistent results have been reported in the literature because of differences in experimental conditions (e.g., exercise duration, exercise intensity and modality, CG pressure level exerted and covered area) among studies. Several studies have determined the beneficial effect of wearing CG on performance during exercise. However, corresponding author (Goto K) does not have any personal relationships or competing interests to DESCENTE Ltd.ĭuring the past two decades, use of compression garment (CG) during exercise has been prevalent among a variety of team sport athletes as a strategy to enhance performance. The present study was conducted as a part of collaborated research with DESCENTE Ltd (principal investigator: Goto K), the Ritsumeikan University received project fees for the present study. The first author (Mizuno S) declares no conflict of interest. Although they contributed to conducting the present experiment (e.g., preparing custom-made garments, evaluating pressure levels), they were not involved in manuscript writing, discussion or drawing conclusion, from the viewpoint of conflict of interest. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: Three authors (Arai M, Todoko F, Yamada E) are affiliated to DESCENTE Ltd, which made garments for the present experiment. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ĭata Availability: All relevant data are within the paper (not within Supporting Information files).įunding: This work was supported by the Ishimoto Memorialfoundation for the Promotion of Sports Science ( ) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant number 15K12660 ( ). Received: DecemAccepted: Published: May 31, 2017Ĭopyright: © 2017 Mizuno et al. PLoS ONE 12(5):Įditor: Massimo Sacchetti, Universita degli Studi di Roma 'Foro Italico', ITALY From durable material to precise sizing, our garments were carefully engineered to support patients with various needs.Citation: Mizuno S, Arai M, Todoko F, Yamada E, Goto K (2017) Wearing lower-body compression garment with medium pressure impaired exercise-induced performance decrement during prolonged running.

The compression garments were designed with patient comfort and clinical effectiveness in mind. Together, this medical technology provides compression therapy for patients living with lymphedema and venous insufficiencies. The AIROS® 6-Chamber Leg Compression Garments are intended for use with the FDA-cleared AIROS 6 Sequential Compression Device.

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