Squeezing the muscle: compression clothing and muscle metabolism during recovery from high intensity exercise.

The purpose of this experiment was to investigate skeletal muscle blood flow and glucose uptake in m. biceps (BF) and m. quadriceps femoris (QF) 1) during recovery from high intensity cycle exercise, and 2) while wearing a compression short applying ~37 mmHg to the thigh muscles. Blood flow and gluc...

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Main Authors: Billy Sperlich, Dennis-Peter Born, Kimmo Kaskinoro, Kari K Kalliokoski, Marko S Laaksonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3629206?pdf=render