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Ergogenic Aids
Published in Michael H. Stone, Timothy J. Suchomel, W. Guy Hornsby, John P. Wagle, Aaron J. Cunanan, Strength and Conditioning in Sports, 2023
Michael H. Stone, Timothy J. Suchomel, W. Guy Hornsby, John P. Wagle, Aaron J. Cunanan
An abundance of studies have examined the effect of compression garments and their impact on performance. These garments apply mechanical pressure to the body’s surface and compress and/or stabilize an athlete’s underlying tissue (81). However, the studies have displayed mixed findings with improvements in vertical jump (37, 66), 5 min repeat cycling bouts (25), and 40 km cycling performance (34), but no improvement in 20 m and 60 m sprint (37), intermittent sprint activity (38, 39), or endurance running performance (33). Because compression garments may not display consistent improvements in performance, some research supports their use as a method of recovery (19, 39, 42, 67). This may be due to the potential of increased venous blood flow within the previously active musculature.
Lifestyle Medicine in Female Cancer Survivorship
Published in Michelle Tollefson, Nancy Eriksen, Neha Pathak, Improving Women's Health Across the Lifespan, 2021
Amber Orman, Gautam Krishna Koipallil, Meghana Reddy, Nigel Brockton, Michelle Faris, Michelle Tollefson
In those without lymphedema, prevention is key. Compression garment use is not recommended for prevention, as multiple studies have failed to show benefits. With regard to air travel, there is no direct link between air travel and lymphedema, and no benefit to compression sleeve application during air travel in at-risk women without a history of lymphedema.57 However, patients should also be encouraged to exercise, lift, and use the affected limb without restriction, as upper limb exercise interventions have been shown to improve upper limb function and reduce lymphedema. One trial examined the impact of controlled, low-intensity weight exercises with the arm, with or without a compression sleeve, and demonstrated a trend towards reduced lymphedema at 24 hours post-exercise.59 A second study found that low-intensity resistance exercise (with compression sleeves) had a statistically significant reduction in mean arm volume, after just a single 1-hour session of flexion exercises (four 12-minute intervals with 3-minute rest periods).60 Of note, upper limb exercise also benefits arm fatigue, shoulder range of motion, and upper limb strength and mobility in general.61 Overall, this data supports that compression sleeves in combination with low-intensity upper limb exercise regimens may be an effective tool in mitigating the side effects of lymphedema during conventional breast cancer treatment.
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Published in Mark Davenport, James D. Geiger, Nigel J. Hall, Steven S. Rothenberg, Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2020
Gideon Sandler, Andrea Hayes-Jordan
Complications include wound infection and postoperative bleeding, which should occur in <5% patients. Seroma may occur and should be aspirated if symptomatic. Following sentinel lymph node biopsy in the inguinum or axilla, lymphedema occurs in ∼5% patients but is not usually clinically signficant. Occasionally, it needs to be addressed with compression garments, physiotherapy, and skin care.
Interdisciplinary management of peripheral arteriovenous malformations: review of the literature and current proceedings
Published in Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2022
Felix F. Strübing, Stefan Porubsky, Amir K. Bigdeli, Volker J. Schmidt, Lena Krebs, U. Kneser, Maliha Sadick
AVMs in Schobinger Stage I may be treated solely on a watch-and-wait basis. Compression garments can help to reduce symptoms like swelling, pain, and hyperhidrosis. Analgetic and antiphlogistic medication should be considered if needed. Female patients seeking birth control should consider oral contraceptives with reduced estrogen content or alternative contraception methods [15], since elevated estrogen levels during pregnancy or under oral contraception may induce stimulation of the AVM and potential disease progression [10,11,19,21–23]. However, it has to be noted that there have not been prospective trials comparing oral contraception with other methods of contraception in this patient population and this recommendation, therefore, is mainly based on eminence, not evidence.
Quantification of the effect of compression garments on fatigue behavior in cycling
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2021
Kourosh Bajelani, Ahmad R. Arshi, Amir N. Akhavan
Professional athletes have methodically used compression garments for performance enhancement and as a recovery assistance tool. This study aimed at exploring the impact of these garments on body performance in repetitive tasks such as cycling. Fatigue was used as the basis for performance assessment. Development of fatigue was quantified through application of nonlinear methods. Thus kinematic data was acquired to study this parameter because muscular fatigue can be tracked from kinematic changes by employing nonlinear tools (Dingwell et al. 2008; Song et al. 2009) Despite some traditional methods such as EMG which pose numerous challenges to study fatigue (Ralston 1961; Türker 1993; Rampichini et al. 2020), nonlinear methods can help us to understand the relationship between muscular fatigue and body behavior better and more practical than previous methods.
Contribution of a new mesh concept on a compression sleeve on the intensity of vibratory constraints during exercise
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2019
J. Romain, A. Arfaoui, W. Bertucci
The compression garments are massively present on every sport like running, trail, triathlon or team sports. They contribute on plenty profits to athletes during exercise. But the compression products don’t affect directly the performance (Kerhervé et al. 2017). The performances’ improvement is obtained with a better recovery after an exercise (Allaert 2017), by delaying the muscle fatigue (Hintzy et al. 2017), or in injuries’ prevention (Kim et al. 2017). Doan et al (2003) observed a significant reduction of muscle oscillations with compressive clothing on calf or thigh against non-compressive garments. These muscle oscillations, also called vibrations, lead to a stress bringing to a lot of musculoskeletal injuries like periostitis or tibial stress fracture.