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Effect of lower body compression garments on submaximal and maximal running performance in cold (10°C) and hot (32°C) environments
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Goh, SS and Laursen, PB and Dascombe, B and Nosaka, K, Effect of lower body compression garments on submaximal and maximal running performance in cold (10°C) and hot (32°C) environments, European Journal of Applied Physiology, 111, (5) pp. 819-26. ISSN 1439-6319 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2010 Springer-Verlag
DOI: doi:10.1007/s00421-010-1705-2
Abstract
No previous studies have investigated the effect of lower body compression garments (CG) on running performance in the heat. This study tested the hypothesis that CG would negatively affect running performance in the heat
by comparing CG and non-CG conditions for running
performance and physiological responses in hot and cold
conditions. Ten male recreational runners (29.0 ± 10.0
years, V_O2max: 58.7 ± 2.7 ml kg-1 min-1
) performed
four treadmill tests consisting of 20-min running at first
ventilatory threshold followed by a run to exhaustion at
V_O2max velocity in four conditions: 10C with CG, 10C
without CG, 32C with CG, and 32C without CG (randomised,
counterbalanced order). Time to exhaustion
(TTE), skin and rectal temperature, V_O2, heart rate and
rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were compared between
CG and non-CG conditions at each environmental temperature.
TTE was not significantly different between the CG
and non-CG conditions at 10C (158 ± 74 vs. 148 ± 73 s)
and 32C (115 ± 40 vs. 97 ± 33 s); however, there was a
small (0.15) and moderate effect size (0.48), respectively,
suggestive of an improvement in TTE with CG. Lower limb
skin temperature was 1.5C higher at 10C with CG
(P\0.05), but no significant differences in other physiological
variables, including rectal temperature, were
observed between garment conditions. Interestingly, RPE
was lower (P\0.05) during submaximal running at 32C
with CG (13.8 ± 2.0) compared with non-CG (14.5 ± 2.7).
It was concluded that CG had no adverse effects on running
performance in hot conditions.
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Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Time to exhaustion, oxygen consumption, rectal temperature, skin temperature, rating of perceived exertion |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Sports science and exercise |
Research Field: | Exercise physiology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Evaluation of health and support services |
Objective Field: | Evaluation of health and support services not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Goh, SS (Dr Sam Wu) |
ID Code: | 100123 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 36 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences B |
Deposited On: | 2015-05-04 |
Last Modified: | 2015-08-18 |
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