Research Article
Effect of Lower Body Compression Garments on Hemodynamics in Response to Running Session
Table 3
Heart rate (in bpm) response to exercise test in subjects wearing two types of breeches on two separate occasions.
| Heart rate | Condition | Loose breeches | Compression breeches |
| At rest | 62.8 (10.2) | 65.4 (7.4) | 1 min after the start of running | 128.2 (9.3) | 126.2 (7.5) | 14–16 min during running | 164.2 (15.2) | 162.8 (11.4) | 28–30 min during running | 171.6 (14.6) | 170.7 (12.4) | Average (4–30 min of running) | 165.7 (14.0) | 164.2 (12.2) | Peak (attained during 400 m sprint) | 193.5 (10.1) | 192.4 (9.1) | At 1 min in recovery | 165.9 (12.7) | 166.5 (12.7) | At 3 min in recovery | 117.2 (14.8) | 115.9 (12.0) | At 5 min in recovery | 106.8 (12.7) | 106.5 (11.3) |
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No differences were detected at either time point between the conditions ().
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