PMID- 24531439
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151028
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1533-4287 (Electronic)
IS  - 1064-8011 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 May
TI  - Dynamic Compression Enhances Pressure-to-Pain Threshold in Elite Athlete 
      Recovery: Exploratory Study.
PG  - 1263-72
LID - 10.1519/JSC.0000000000000412 [doi]
AB  - Athlete recovery-adaptation is crucial to the progress and performance of highly 
      trained athletes. The purpose of this study was to assess peristaltic pulse 
      dynamic compression (PPDC) in reducing short-term pressure-to-pain threshold 
      (PPT) among Olympic Training Center athletes after morning training. Muscular 
      tenderness and stiffness are common symptoms of fatigue and exercise-induced 
      muscle microtrauma and edema. Twenty-four highly trained athletes (men = 12 and 
      women = 12) volunteered to participate in this study. The athletes were randomly 
      assigned to experimental (n = 12) and control (n = 12) groups. Pressure-to-pain 
      threshold measurements were conducted with a manual algometer on 3 lower 
      extremity muscles. Experimental group athletes underwent PPDC on both legs 
      through computer-controlled circumferential inflated leggings that used a 
      peristaltic-like pressure pattern from feet to groin. Pressures in each cell were 
      set to factory defaults. Treatment time was 15 minutes. The control group 
      performed the same procedures except that the inflation pump to the leggings was 
      off. The experimental timeline included a morning training session, followed by a 
      PPT pretest, treatment application (PPDC or control), an immediate post-test 
      (PPT), and a delayed post-test (PPT) after the afternoon practice session. 
      Difference score results showed that the experimental group's PPT threshold 
      improved after PPDC treatment immediately and persisted the remainder of the day 
      after afternoon practice. The control group showed no statistical change. We 
      conclude that PPDC is a promising means of accelerating and enhancing recovery 
      after the normal aggressive training that occurs in Olympic and aspiring Olympic 
      athletes.
FAU - Sands, William A
AU  - Sands WA
AD  - 1Department of Exercise and Sport Science, East Tennessee State University, 
      Johnson City, Tennessee; 2Department of Physical Education, Health, and 
      Recreation, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington; and 3Department of 
      Kinesiology, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, Colorado.
FAU - McNeal, Jeni R
AU  - McNeal JR
FAU - Murray, Steven R
AU  - Murray SR
FAU - Stone, Michael H
AU  - Stone MH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - United States
TA  - J Strength Cond Res
JT  - Journal of strength and conditioning research
JID - 9415084
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices
MH  - Lower Extremity
MH  - Male
MH  - Muscle, Skeletal/*physiopathology
MH  - Myalgia/physiopathology/therapy
MH  - Pain/etiology
MH  - Pain Measurement
MH  - Pain Threshold/*physiology
MH  - Pressure/adverse effects
MH  - Recovery of Function
MH  - Sports/*physiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2014/02/18 06:00
MHDA- 2015/10/29 06:00
CRDT- 2014/02/18 06:00
PHST- 2014/02/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/02/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/10/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1519/JSC.0000000000000412 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Strength Cond Res. 2015 May;29(5):1263-72. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000000412.