Custom-Fitted Compression Garments Enhance Recovery From Muscle Damage in Rugby Players

Freddy Brown; Owen Jeffries; Conor Gissane; Glyn Howatson; Ken A. Van Someren; Charles R. Pedlar; Tony Myers; Jessica Amie Hill

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Custom-Fitted Compression Garments Enhance Recovery From Muscle Damage in Rugby Players

Freddy Brown ^[1] ; Owen Jeffries ^[2] ; Conor Gissane ^[1] ; Glyn Howatson ^[3] ; Ken A. Van Someren ^[4] ; Charles R. Pedlar ^[5] ; Tony Myers ^[6] ; Jessica Amie Hill ^[1]
1. [1] St. Mary's University
  
  St. Mary's University
  
  Canadá
2. [2] Coventry University
  
  Coventry University
  
  Reino Unido
3. [3] Northwest University
  
  Northwest University
  
  China
4. [4] Northumbria University
  
  Northumbria University
  
  Reino Unido
5. [5] Massachusetts General Hospital
  
  Massachusetts General Hospital
  
  City of Boston, Estados Unidos
6. [6] Physical Education and Sports Studies, Newman University College, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Localización: Journal of strength and conditioning research: the research journal of the NSCA, ISSN 1064-8011, Vol. 36, Nº. 1, 2022, págs. 212-219
Idioma: inglés
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- 2022-to evaluate the effects of custom-fitted compression garments (CG) on recovery from muscle damage in rugby players. Forty-five players were tested for lower-body strength, power, and indices of muscle damage before completing a damaging protocol (20 x 20-m sprints with 5-m deceleration, 100 drop jumps). Players were randomly assigned to wear either custom-fitted (CF, n = 13), or standard-sized CG (SSG, n = 16), or to receive sham ultrasound therapy (CON, n = 16) immediately after exercise. Players were retested immediately, then after 24 and 48 hours. Strength recovery was significantly different between groups (F = 2.7, p = 0.02), with only CF recovering to baseline values by 48 hours (p = 0.973). Time x condition effects were also apparent for creatine kinase activity ([chi]2 = 30.4, p < 0.001) and midthigh girth (F = 3.7, p = 0.005), with faster recovery apparent in CF compared with both CON and SSG (p < 0.05). Custom-fitted CG improved strength recovery and indices of muscle damage in rugby players, compared with controls and standard-sized garments. Athletes and coaches would be advised to use appropriately fitted CG to enhance strength recovery after damaging exercise.