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- Title
Does Upper-Body Compression Improve 3 x 3-Min Double-Poling Sprint Performance?
- Authors
Sperlich, Billy; Born, Dennis-Peter; Zinner, Christoph; Hauser, Anna; Holmberg, Hans-Christer
- Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate whether upper-body compression affects power output and selected metabolic, cardio- respiratory, hemodynamic, and perceptual responses during three 3-min sessions of double-poling (DP) sprint. Method: Ten well-trained male athletes (25 ± 4 y, 180 ± 4 cm, 74.6 ± 3.2 kg) performed such sprints on a DP ski ergometer with and without a long-sleeved compression garment. Result: Mean power output was not affected by such compression (216 ± 25 W in both cases; P = 1.00, effect size [ES] = 0.00), although blood lactate concentration was lowered (P < .05, ES = 0.50-1.02). Blood gases (ES = 0.07-0.50), oxygen uptake (ES = 0.04-0.28), production of carbon dioxide (ES = 0.01-0.46), heart rate (ES = 0.00-0.21), stroke volume (ES = 0.33-0.81), and cardiac output (ES = 0.20-0.91) were also all unaffected by upper-body compression (best P = 1.00). This was also the case for changes in the tissue saturation index (ES = 0.45-1.17) and total blood content of hemoglobin (ES = 0.09-0.85), as well as ratings of perceived exertion (ES = 0.15-0.88; best P = .96). Conclusion: The authors conclude that the performance of well-trained athletes during 3 x 3-min DP sprints will not be enhanced by upper-body compression.
- Subjects
GERMANY; EXERCISE; ACTIVE oxygen in the body; ANALYSIS of variance; COMPRESSION stockings; ATHLETIC ability; BODY composition; CARDIAC output; COMPARATIVE studies; CROSS-country skiing; CROSSOVER trials; EXERCISE physiology; EXERCISE tests; HEART rate monitoring; HEMOGLOBINS; BIOELECTRIC impedance; LACTATES; NEAR infrared spectroscopy; PULMONARY gas exchange; RESEARCH funding; SPORTS sciences; EFFECT sizes (Statistics); REPEATED measures design; OXYGEN consumption; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE intensity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STROKE volume (Cardiac output)
- Publication
International Journal of Sports Physiology & Performance, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
1555-0265
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1123/ijspp.2013-0137