School of Sport & Exercise, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Int J Sports Med. 2013 Nov;34(11):969-74. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1337944. Epub 2013 Apr 19.
Intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) has gained rapid popularity as a post-exercise recovery modality. Despite its widespread use and anecdotal claims for enhancing muscle recovery there is no scientific evidence to support its use. 10 healthy, active males performed a strenuous bout of eccentric exercise (3 sets of 100 repetitions) followed by IPC treatment or control performed immediately after exercise and at 24 and 48 h post-exercise. Muscular performance measurements were taken prior to exercise and 24, 48 and 72 h post-exercise and included single-leg vertical jump (VJ) and peak and average isometric [knee angle 75º] (ISO), concentric (CON) and eccentric (ECC) contractions performed at slow (30° · s⁻¹) and fast (180° · s⁻¹) velocities. Plasma creatine kinase (CK) samples were taken at pre- and post-exercise 24, 48 and 72 h. Strenuous eccentric exercise resulted in a significant decrease in peak ISO, peak and average CON (30° · s⁻¹) at 24 h compared to pre-exercise for both IPC and control, however VJ performance remained unchanged. There were no significant differences between conditions (IPC and control) or condition-time interactions for any of the contraction types (ISO, CON, ECC) or velocities (CON, ECC 30° · s⁻¹ and 180° · s⁻¹). However, CK was significantly elevated at 24 h compared to pre-exercise in both conditions (IPC and control). IPC did not attenuate muscle force loss following a bout of strenuous eccentric exercise in comparison to a control. While IPC has been used in the clinical setting to treat pathologic conditions, the parameters used to treat muscle damage following strenuous exercise in healthy participants are likely to be very different than those used to treat pathologic conditions.
间歇性气动压缩（IPC）作为一种运动后恢复方式已迅速普及。尽管它被广泛使用并且有一些轶事证据表明其可以增强肌肉恢复，但没有科学证据支持其使用。10 名健康、活跃的男性进行了剧烈的离心运动（3 组，每组 100 次），随后立即在运动后以及运动后 24 和 48 小时进行 IPC 治疗或对照治疗。在运动前和运动后 24、48 和 72 小时进行肌肉性能测量，包括单腿垂直跳跃（VJ）和峰值和平均等长（膝关节角度 75°）（ISO）、向心（CON）和离心（ECC）收缩，速度分别为慢（30°·s⁻¹）和快（180°·s⁻¹）。在运动前和运动后 24、48 和 72 小时采集血浆肌酸激酶（CK）样本。剧烈的离心运动导致 IPC 和对照组在 24 小时时峰值 ISO、峰值和平均 CON（30°·s⁻¹）与运动前相比显著下降，但 VJ 性能保持不变。在任何收缩类型（ISO、CON、ECC）或速度（CON、ECC 30°·s⁻¹ 和 180°·s⁻¹）下，条件（IPC 和对照）或条件时间相互作用均无显著差异。然而，IPC 和对照组在 24 小时时 CK 水平与运动前相比显著升高。与对照组相比，IPC 并不能减轻剧烈离心运动后的肌肉力量损失。虽然 IPC 已在临床环境中用于治疗病理状况，但用于治疗健康参与者剧烈运动后肌肉损伤的参数可能与用于治疗病理状况的参数有很大不同。
