September 4th

For the past ten years, compression garments have become a heated issue in research field of sportswear.
From the compression shorts appeared in track and field competitions in the end of last century to the popular naissance of many new varieties of compressive swimming suits, the use of sports compression garments has widely attracted the attention of researchers with the need to maintain muscle functions, reduce sport injuries and improve athletic performance.
There were no data as to the effect of compression on muscle responses, which also restrict us to get a further understanding about the potential mechanism of compression apparel.
Thus, the questions arise as to how elastic compression affects athletic performance as an external intervention and how body/muscle responds to it.
All these are crucial to the in-depth compression garments research.