Влияние компрессионной одежды на восстановление после физических нагрузок: систематический обзор и метаанализ с анализом модераторов

In high-performance sports, competitive activity often involves holding starts for two or more consecutive days. To speed up recovery processes, athletes and coaches resort to a wide range of ergogenic means. Compression clothing has become widely popular as a simple, affordable and non-medicinal product that can potentially accelerate recovery by improving venous outflow, reducing edema and stabilizing muscle tissue. However, data on its effect on the restoration of muscle function remain contradictory. The aim of the study was to systematize and quantify data from randomized controlled trials on the effect of compression clothing on the recovery of muscle pain, functional parameters (vertical jump) and biochemical markers (creatine phosphokinase) 24-36 hours after exercise, as well as to evaluate the effect of fitness level, type of exercise, pressure and wearing time on the magnitude of the effect. The study was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) [9]. The statistical analysis was performed using the R software (version 4.2.1; R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria) with meta (version 6.0-0) and metafor (version 3.8-1) packages. A systematic review and meta-analysis showed that compression clothing has a significant effect on reducing muscle pain 24 hours after exercise, but it does not affect the level of CPK and recovery of vertical jumping. 

Sverchkov V. V., Bykov E. V., Malyshev A. E., Trifonov I. E., Budyak N. S. 

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Vadim V. Sverchkov – Junior Researcher, Research Institute of Olympic Sports, Ural State University of Physical Culture, Chelyabinsk, e-mail: vadim.sverchkov@yandex.ru

Evgenii V. Bykov ‒ Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Sports Medicine and Physical Rehabilitation. Director of the Olympic Sports Research Institute.Ural State University of Physical Culture. Chelyabinsk, Russia. E-mail: bev58@yandex.ru

Alexander E. Malyshev – student of the Department of Sports Medicine and Physical Rehabilitation, Ural State University of Physical Culture. Chelyabinsk, Russia. 

Ilya E. Trifonov – student of the Department of Sports Medicine and Physical Rehabilitation, Ural State University of Physical Culture. Chelyabinsk, Russia. 

Nikita S. Budyak – student of the Department of Sports Medicine and Physical Rehabilitation, Ural State University of Physical Culture. Chelyabinsk, Russia.