Compression Garments in Sports: Athletic Performance and Recovery

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 abilitie

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mpression Garments in Sports: Athletic Performance and Recovery

Compression Garments in Sports: Athletic Performance and Recovery

Florian Engel Billy Sperlich •

Editors

Compression Garments in Sports: Athletic Performance and Recovery

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Editors Florian Engel Institute of Sport Science Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg Germany

ISBN 978-3-319-39479-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39480-0

Billy Sperlich Department of Sport Science University of Würzburg Würzburg, Bayern Germany

ISBN 978-3-319-39480-0

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Contents

General Considerations for Compression Garments in Sports: Applied Pressures and Body Coverage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Braid A. MacRae, Raechel M. Laing and Hugo Partsch Effects of Compression Garments on Performance and Recovery in Endurance Athletes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florian Engel, Christian Stockinger, Alexander Woll and Billy Sperlich

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Effects of Compression Garments in Strength, Power and Speed Based Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rob Duffield and Judd Kalkhoven

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Compression Garments and Performance Enhancement in Balance and Precision Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lars Donath and Oliver Faude

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Compression Garments and Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Hill

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General Considerations for Compression Garments in Sports: Applied Pressures and Body Coverage Braid A. MacRae, Raechel M. Laing and Hugo Partsch

Abstract Compression garments are popular among competitive and recreational athletes alike. The debate about the efficacy of compressio