Pressure effects of compression garment on muscle fatigue in upper limb in men’s basketball

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate compression garments’ pressure effects on muscle fatigue in upper limb in men’s basketball. Twenty male college basketball players, wearing compression garment of different pressures, completed dribbling, layups, and shooting with surface EMG signals measured during exercise. After data processing by MATLAB 7.0, correlation analysis and multiple comparisons were conducted. The properties of sEMG signal were significantly related to muscle fatigue in upper limb, especially in biceps and brachioradialis. The result showed pressure effects of compression garment on muscle fatigue in upper limb, which appeared mainly on the middle and later stages of exercise. Moderate pressure couldhelp relieve muscle fatigueeffectively andconsecutively. But high orlow pressure couldaccelerate muscle fatigue. The research finding of this paper could be taken as a reference for the development of compression garment of basketball players.