A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF COMPRESSION GARMENTS DURING SINGLE-LEG HOPPING TO EXHAUSTION

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  • Kurt L. Mudie
  • Peter J. Clothier
  • Joshua J. Bryers
  • Amitabh Gupta

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leg stiffness##common.commaListSeparator## fatigue##common.commaListSeparator## rapid loading##common.commaListSeparator## lower limb

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The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of compression garments on spatiotemporal and leg mechanical characteristics during single-leg-hopping (2.2 Hz) to volitional exhaustion. This study demonstrated that compression garments had no significant effect on leg mechanical characteristics or performance parameters of single-leg hopping to volitional exhaustion. There was a significant increase in the duration of the loading phase and decrease in the flight phase from the start to the end during single-leg hopping task indicating that there may have been a shift in the motor control strategy used to preserve vertical leg stiffness and hopping frequency in a repeated and rapid loading task.

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2013-09-05

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31 International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2013)

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Muscle-Skeleton-Mechanics

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Authors can retain copyright, while granting the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) the right of first publication.