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Hindi Research Article, J Athl Enhancement Vol: 2 Issue: 3
An Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Device Reduces Blood Lactate Concentrations More Effectively Than Passive Recovery after Wingate Testing
| Emily Hanson1*, Kevin Stetter2, Rui Li3 and Adam Thomas4 | |
| 1Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Sports Medicine, The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, Boston, MA, USA | |
| 2Somerset Medical Sports Performance and Rehabilitation Center, NJ, USA | |
| 3Northeastern University Health Science Department, Boston, MA, USA | |
| 4Northeastern University Athletic Training Education Program, Boston, MA, USA | |
| Corresponding author : Emily Hanson ATC, Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Sports Medicine, The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, Boston, MA, USA Tel: 7813732670 E-mail: Emily.hanson@childrens.harvard.edu |
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| Received: April 04, 2013 Accepted: July 15, 2013 Published: July 20, 2013 | |
| Citation: Hanson E, Stetter K, Li R, Thomas A (2013) An Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Device Reduces Blood Lactate Concentrations More Effectively Than Passive Recovery after Wingate Testing. J Athl Enhancement 2:3. doi:10.4172/2324-9080.1000115 |
Abstract
An Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Device Reduces Blood Lactate Concentrations More Effectively Than Passive Recovery after Wingate Testing
With the advancement of technology, therapeutic modalities mimicking “cool down” have become an option for active individuals to try and decrease the recovery time between training sessions and competition. A wide variety of companies that manufacture these modalities have claimed their machines can decrease recovery time by decreasing lactic acid, a known cause of muscle fatigue following exercise. The aim of this study was to investigate an intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) unit as a recovery modality by evaluating its effectiveness in clearing blood lactate (BLa) when compared to alternate recovery methods following an anaerobic Wingate cycling test (WAnT).
