Twelve hours of a compression sleeve is not enough to improve the muscle recovery of an exercise-damaged upper arm

Autor: Mikhail Santos Cerqueira, Uanderson Silva Pirôpo, Lucio Santos Borges, Luis Augusto Lupato Conrado, Rafael Pereira, José Alberto dos Santos Rocha, Helder Brito Andrade
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Apunts: Medicina de l'esport; Vol. 50, Núm. 185 (2015); p. 23-28
ISSN: 1886-6581
DOI: 10.1016/j.apunts.2014.07.003
Popis: Objective To assess the efficacy of a compression sleeve worn for a short-time period (12 h) on the recovery from the symptoms of exercise-induced upper arm muscle damage. Methods A randomized controlled study was conducted on thirteen healthy young men using a standardized and exercise-induced upper arm muscle damage protocol, and they were immediately placed into two groups: TREATED (n = 7) and CONTROL (n = 6). Isometric elbow flexion strength, upper arm circumference, and muscle soreness measurements were taken before and at 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after the damaging exercise, and were used as criteria of exercise-induced muscle damage. Group comparisons were made for each variable using a two-way ANOVA design (2 groups × 5 measurements), and with a significance level of P < 0.05. Results A significant impairment (P < 0.001) was observed in muscle strength (∼43% and ∼34%, for CONTROL and TREATED groups, respectively, 24 h after exercise), as well as a significant increase (P < 0.001) in upper arm circumference (UAC) and muscle soreness (F4,55 = 6.49 for UAC and F4,55 = 6.95 for muscle soreness) among the measurements after exercise for both groups, with no significant differences between them. Conclusions These results, together with previous findings, suggest that the use of a compression garment for 12 h is not enough to improve the recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage in the upper arm, and longer periods of compression may be necessary to achieve positive outcomes.
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