Graduated Compression Sleeves

Autor: Martim Bottaro, Valdinar A. Rocha-Junior, André Martorelli, Saulo Martorelli, José Gustavo Souza de Alvarenga, Lee E. Brown, Maria C. Pereira, Jeremy G. Tan
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 29:1273-1278
ISSN: 1064-8011
DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000000401
Popis: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of upper-body graduated compression sleeves (CS) on neuromuscular and metabolic responses during a power training. Fifteen resistance trained men (age: 23.07 ± 3.92 years; body mass: 76.13 ± 7.62 kg; height: 177 ± 6 cm) performed 2 separate power training protocols, either wearing CS or placebo sleeves (PS), in a counterbalanced fashion. Participants first performed a familiarization session and a bench press 1 repetition maximum (1RM) test. The training protocol consisted of 6 sets of 6 repetitions of bench press with a load of 50% 1RM. Statistical analysis compared mean power, peak power, blood lactate, muscle activation, isometric strength, and repetitions to failure. Mean and peak power significantly (p ≤ 0.05) decreased with increasing sets. However, there was no significant difference (p0.05) on mean and peak power between protocols. Blood lactate clearance was also not significantly different (p0.05) between CS and PS. Muscle activation was not different between PRE and POST (p0.05) for any of the muscles analyzed. Isometric strength decreased from PRE to POST (p ≤ 0.05) and was not different between CS and PS. Repetitions to failure were not different between protocols (p0.05). These results demonstrate no positive performance effects when wearing graduated CS during power exercise in young trained men.
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