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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2022

Can Compression Garments Reduce the Deleterious Effects of Physical Exercise on Muscle Strength? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.

János Négyesi, Tibor Hortobágyi, Jessica Hill, Urs Granacher, Ryoichi Nagatomi

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exercise and cancer-related lymphedema in the lower limbs-a randomized cross-over trial on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) with and without compression garments.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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5 authors.

János NégyesiDivision of Biomedical Engineering for Health and Welfare, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Sendai, Japan. negyesi@tohoku.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0001-5055-3242
Tibor HortobágyiCenter for Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5732-7942
Jessica HillFaculty of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary's University, Twickenham, UK.
Urs GranacherDivision of Training and Movement Sciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7095-813X
Ryoichi NagatomiDivision of Biomedical Engineering for Health and Welfare, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Sendai, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3038-7202

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe use of compression garments (CGs) during or after training and competition has gained popularity in the last few decades. However, the data concerning CGs' beneficial effects on muscle strength-related outcomes after physical exercise remain inconclusive.

objectiveThe aim was to determine whether wearing CGs during or after physical exercise would facilitate the recovery of muscle strength-related outcomes.

methodsA systematic literature search was conducted across five databases (PubMed, SPORTDiscus, Web of Science, Scopus, and EBSCOhost). Data from 19 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) including 350 healthy participants were extracted and meta-analytically computed. Weighted between-study standardized mean differences (SMDs) with respect to their standard errors (SEs) were aggregated and corrected for sample size to compute overall SMDs. The type of physical exercise, the body area and timing of CG application, and the time interval between the end of the exercise and subsequent testing were assessed.

resultsCGs produced no strength-sparing effects (SMD [95% confidence interval]) at the following time points (t) after physical exercise: immediately ≤ t < 24 h: - 0.02 (- 0.22 to 0.19), p = 0.87; 24 ≤ t < 48 h: - 0.00 (- 0.22 to 0.21), p = 0.98; 48 ≤ t < 72 h: - 0.03 (- 0.43 to 0.37), p = 0.87; 72 ≤ t < 96 h: 0.14 (- 0.21 to 0.49), p = 0.43; 96 h ≤ t: 0.26 (- 0.33 to 0.85), p = 0.38. The body area where the CG was applied had no strength-sparing effects. CGs revealed weak strength-sparing effects after plyometric exercise.

conclusionMeta-analytical evidence suggests that wearing a CG during or after training does not seem to facilitate the recovery of muscle strength following physical exercise. Practitioners, athletes, coaches, and trainers should reconsider the use of CG as a tool to reduce the effects of physical exercise on muscle strength. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: PROSPERO CRD42021246753.

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