ReviewOpen access journal of sports medicine2020
Effects of Wearing Compression Stockings on Exercise Performance and Associated Indicators: A Systematic Review.
Review in Open access journal of sports medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Recovery Strategies After Training and Competition in Endurance Athletes: An Umbrella Review.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- Can Compression Garments Reduce the Deleterious Effects of Physical Exercise on Muscle Strength? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of Gyrokinesis exercise on fatigue and sleep quality in female office workers.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Compressive Pantyhose Mitigates Muscle Fatigue in Ballet-Specific Test: A Pilot Study.International journal of exercise science · 2025Article
- Biomechanical Effect on Jack's Test on Barefoot Position, Regular Socks, and Biomechanics Socks.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Compression Stockings on Body Balance in Hemiplegic Patients with Subacute Stroke.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Multi-Parametric Analysis of Below-Knee Compression Garments on Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Effect of Compression Socks on Maximal Exercise Performance and Recovery in Insufficiently Active Adults.International journal of exercise science · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This systematic review investigated the effects of wearing below-knee compression stockings (CS) on exercise performance (or sports activity) and associated physiological and perceived indicators. We searched articles on PubMed using the following terms: "graduated compression stockings"; "compression stockings"; "graduated compression socks"; "compression socks" combined with "performance", "athletes", "exercise", "exercise performance", "fatigue", "sports" and "recovery", resulting in 1067 papers. After checking for inclusion criteria (e.g., original studies, healthy subjects, performance analysis), 21 studies were selected and analyzed. We conclude that wearing CS during exercise improved performance in a small number of studies. However, wearing CS could benefit muscle function indicators and perceived muscle soreness during the recovery period. Future research should investigate the chronic effect of CS on Sports Medicine and athletic performance.
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