Main description:

This book presents recent research addressing the effects of different types of compression clothing on sport performance and recovery after exercise. It is also the first book that summarizes the effects of compression clothing on all main motor abilities in the context of various sports, offering a wealth of practical guidelines on how to optimize performance and recovery with the help of compression clothing.
The book examines the effects of this clothing on physiological, psychological and biomechanical parameters including endurance, speed, strength, power, and motor control. It explains the basic principles involved in the reasonable application of compression garments in connection with different kinds of exercise, and describes the essential mechanisms of how compression garments work in a reader-friendly format that addresses the needs of researchers, athletes and coaches alike.

Contents:

Suggested contributing authors:

Prof. Raechel Laing & Braid A MacRae, University of Otago, Department of Applied Sciences, Clothing and Textile Sciences, Gregory Building, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

Factors influencing the pressures applied by compression clothing (types, sizes, postures, use).

Influence of different compression garment types (upper body compression, lower body compression, full body compression) on exerted pressure (i.e., body regions).

Influence of different sizes of compression garments (undersized, recommended size and oversized) on exerted pressure

Influence of different postures (sitting, standing and supine) on exerted pressure of compression garments

Changes in applied pressures with use (is anything known?)

Applied pressures (and garment coverage) for interpretation of study effects or lack of effects

Dr. Florian Engel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Sport Science, Research Centre for School Sports and the Physical Education of Children and young Adults, Engler-Bunte-Ring 15, D-76131 Karlsruhe & Univ.-Prof. Dr. Billy Sperlich, Universitat Wurzburg, Institut fur Sportwissenschaft, Arbeitsbereich Integrative und Experimentelle Trainingswissenschaft, Judenbuhlweg 11, D-97082, Wurzburg

Effects of compression garments as a performance enhancement in endurance dom

inated exercise

Compression garments wore during endurance exercise.

Effects of compression on:

Physical performance during endurance exercise

Physiological parameters during exercise like blood lactate, blood pH, heart rate, oxygenation profile and respiratory parameters

Psychological parameters during exercise like rates of perceived exertion, perceived muscle soreness, perceived thermal sensation

Dr. Robert Duffield, University of Technology Sydney, Sport and Exercise Discipline Group, 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Sydney, Australia

Effects of compression garments as a performance enhancement in strength and speed dominated exercise

Effects of compression on:

Physical performance during exercise

Physiological parameters during exercise like blood lactate, blood pH, heart rate, oxygenation profile and respiratory parameters

Psychological parameters during exercise like rates of perceived exertion, perceived muscle soreness, perceived thermal sensation

PD Dr. Oliver Faude & Dr. Lars Donath, University of Basel, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Birsstrasse 320 B, 4052 Basel, Switzerland

Effects of compression garments as a performance enhancement in balance and precision tasks

Effects of compression on:

Physical performance (precision and balance during exercise)

Psychological parameters during exercise

Jessica Hill, St. Mary's University, School of Sport, Health, and Applied Science, Twickenham, United Kingdom

Effects of compression garments as a recovery intervention. Compression garments wore subsequent to exercise. Either compression was worn during exercise and recovery or just during the recovery phase.

Effects of compression on:

Physiological parameters during recovery like blood lactate, blood pH, heart rate, oxygenation profile and respiratory parameters.

parameters of exercise induced muscle damage, findings of muscle biopsies and different inflammatory markers

Psychological parameters during recovery like rates of perceived exertion, perceived muscle soreness

Physical performance during exercise subsequent to recovery with compression garment

Psychological parameters during exercise subsequent to recovery with compression garment