Compression garments and exercise: Garment considerations, physiology and performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 815-843

  MacRae, Braid A ^a   Cotter, James D ^a   Laing, Raechel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Compression stockings; Compression therapies; Exercise; Sports

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLOTHING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THERMOREGULATION;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CLOTHING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 80052991154     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11591420-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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