Nocturnal use of light compression garments and recovery

V.I. Jokinen, J. Korpela, E. Lehtinen, J. Perttunen, J. Viik

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    Abstract

    The aim of the study was to investigate nocturnal effect of wearing whole-body light compression garments on post-exercise recovery. HRV analysis was used to evaluate the recovery. The study involved sixteen female Finnish baseball players for four three-day-periods. The participants wore light compression garments every other three-day period and kept record of daily events. The analyzed period was 4 hours starting from the moment subjects fell asleep. The HRV analysis was performed for the time domain, frequency domain and nonlinear measurements. There were no statistical differences in HRV parameters between nights when subjects used or did not use light compression garments. This indicates that whole-body light compression garments had no benefits on the post-exercise recovery during the night.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEMBEC and NBC 2017 - Joint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference EMBEC 2017 and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, NBC 2017
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages125-128
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)9789811051210
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
    EventJoint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC) -
    Duration: 1 Jan 1900 → …

    Publication series

    NameIFMBE Proceedings
    Volume65
    ISSN (Print)1680-0737

    Conference

    ConferenceJoint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC)
    Period1/01/00 → …

    Keywords

    • Athletes
    • Autonomic nervous system
    • Heart rate variability
    • Light compression garments
    • Nocturnal recovery

    Publication forum classification

    • Publication forum level 1

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Bioengineering

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