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Do Compression Garments Improve Healing Among Runners With Acute Overuse Injuries of the Lower Extremities
Author(s) -
Waller Lauren K,
Donaldson Micheal,
Giese Tera,
Flaming Matt,
Peterson Courtney,
Raynes Edilberto
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.1288.24
Subject(s) - medicine , physical therapy , clothing , physical medicine and rehabilitation , archaeology , history
Over the past two decades, runners have received increased demands on their performance. This increase on physical demand has also caused an increase in the risk of acute superficial overuse sports injuries, with most running injuries being in the lower extremity. Consequently, the injuries cause inflammation and connective tissue damage. About 50 to 75% appear to be overuse injuries due to the constant repetition of the same movement. Recent studies have focused on the use of lower body compression garments as an aid in performance and recovery time. There is reason to believe that these garments have beneficial physical and physiological effects. The purpose of the research is to explore the advantages of wearing compression garments during and after training to help improve the healing and inflammatory processes. We hypothesize that wearing compression garments will increase blood flow to the damaged tissue area and will improve the healing process, thereby decreasing the recovery time. Support or Funding Information Dee U. Silverthorn, PhD, FAPS Professor of Physiology Dell Medical School | The University of Texas at Austino: 512‐495‐5098 | silverthorn@utexas.edu | dellmedschool.utexas.edu1912 Speedway, Mail code D2000Sánchez Building (SZB), Suite 546.18 Austin, TX 78712