| Berry (1987) |
yes |
yes |
socks |
Incremental exercise on treadmill |
lact |
+ |
Blood lactates during recovery decreased |
| Chatard (2004) |
no |
yes |
stockings |
Maximal exercise during 5 min on an ergocycle |
2nd perf |
+ |
Improvement of the second performance |
| DOMS |
+ |
Decrease of the DOMS after 24 hours |
| lact |
+ |
Decrease of blood lactates during the recovery |
| Bringard (2006a) |
no |
yes |
tights |
Rest |
SO2 |
+ |
Increase of oxygen saturation in the triceps surae |
| Bringard (2006b) |
yes |
no |
tights |
Incremental exercise on treadmill |
perf |
+ |
Decrease of the energy cost of running at 12 km/h |
| Trenell (2006) |
no |
yes |
tights |
Walking 30min on treadmill with negative slope (25%) |
DOMS |
0 |
DOMS after recovery were unchanged |
| Ali (2007) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Running 10km |
perf |
0 |
No effect on 10km running performance |
| DOMS |
+ |
Decrease of DOMS up to 24H |
| Moehrle (2007) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Maximal physical exercise |
perf |
0 |
Performance unchanged |
| lact |
0 |
Blood lactates during running or cycling unchanged |
| Scanlan (2008) |
yes |
no |
tights |
Incremental exercise on ergocycle |
perf |
0 |
No effect on the maximal power of exercise |
| lact |
0 |
No effect on lactate blood levels |
| SO2 |
+ |
Better oxygenation of the vastus lateralis during the cycling exercise |
| Kemmler (2009) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Incremental exercise on treadmill |
perf |
+ |
Increase of the maximal speed and duration of the trial |
| lact |
0 |
No effect on lactate blood levels |
| Rimaud (2010) |
yes |
yes |
socks |
Incremental exercise on ergocycle |
lact |
0 |
Blood lactates during recovery increased |
| Ali (2010) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Running 40 min on treadmill |
2nd perf |
0 |
No effect on jumps after the running |
| DOMS |
0 |
No effect on the DOMS |
| lact / CK |
0 |
No effect on lactate and creatine kinase blood levels |
| Jakemean (2010) |
no |
yes |
tights |
100 jumps |
DOMS |
+ |
Decrease of the DOMS at 1, 24, 48 and 72 hours |
| 2nd perf |
+ |
Decrease of the muscle strength weakening at 24, 48 and 72 hours |
| Menetrier (2011) |
yes |
yes |
stockings |
Running 30min on treadmill with positive slope (12%) |
SO2 |
+ |
Increase of oxygen saturation in the sural triceps surae during the recovery |
| 2nd perf |
0 |
Second performance unchanged |
| Ali (2011) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Running 10km |
2nd perf |
+ |
Increase of the height of jumps after the running (low and medium compression) |
| 0 |
No effect on jumps after the running (high compression) |
| DOMS |
0 |
No effect on the DOMS |
| lact / CK |
0 |
No effect on lactate and creatine kinase blood levels |
| perf |
0 |
No effect on 10km running performance |
| Sperlich (2011) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Running 45min on treadmill |
lact |
0 |
Blood lactates unchanged |
| Miyamoto (2011) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Repetition of plantar flexions |
2nd perf |
0 |
No effect on the maximal plantar flexion force, measured 3 minutes after the straining exercise |
| Miyamoto (2011) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Repetition of plantar flexions |
2nd perf |
0 |
No effect on the maximal plantar flexion force, measured 3 minutes after the straining exercise |
| Menetrier (2011) |
no |
yes |
stockings |
Running 30min on treadmill with positive slope (12%) |
2nd perf |
+ |
Increase of the average power produced in a second cycling exercise after recovery |
| lact |
+ |
Blood lactates after recovery decreased |
| DOMS |
+ |
DOMS after recovery decreased |
| Wahl (2012) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Incremental exercise on treadmill |
perf |
0 |
No effect on time-to-exhaustion |
| lact |
0 |
Blood lactates during the trial unchanged |
| De Glanville (2012) |
no |
yes |
tights |
40 km on ergocycle |
2nd perf |
+ |
Improvement of the running time after 24 hours of recovery |
| Hamlin (2012) |
no |
yes |
tights |
Rugby-specific circuit test |
2nd perf |
+ |
Improvement of the second performance (40-m sprint, 3-km run) |
| CK |
0 |
No effect on creatine kinase blood levels |
| lact |
+ |
Decrease of blood lactates during the recovery |
| Borg |
+ |
Decrease of the DOMS |
| Bovenschen (2013) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Running 10km |
Vol leg |
+ |
Compression limits the increase of leg volume after exercise |
| DOMS |
0 |
Decrease of the DOMS |
| Bovenschen (2013) |
yes |
no |
socks |
Incremental exercise on treadmill |
Vol leg |
+ |
Compression limits the increase of leg volume after exercise |
| DOMS |
0 |
Decrease of the DOMS |
| Driller (2013) |
no |
yes |
tights |
Recovery period between 2 cycling bouts |
2nd perf |
+ |
Improvement of the second performance |
| DOMS |
0 |
No effect on the DOMS |
| Sperlich (2013b) |
yes |
no |
tights |
3-min test of simulated alpine skiing in the tuck position accompanied by passive vibration |
vibrations |
+ |
Oscillatory movement was reduced |
| SO2 |
+ |
Increase of oxygen saturation in the vastus lateralis muscle |
| lact |
0 |
Blood lactates during the trial unchanged |
| Borg |
+ |
Perceived exertion was reduced |
| Sperlich (2013a) |
no |
yes |
tights |
Recovery after incremental exercise on ergocycle |
Blood flow |
0 |
Blood flow in the muscle tissue was reduced |