An above-knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults.

We determined the effects of wearing an above-knee compression garment (CG) on knee joint position sense. Healthy young adults (n = 24, age = 27.46 ± 4.65 years) performed a passive knee position-matching task on an isokinetic dynamometer with each leg separately. We determined the magnitude of comp...

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Main Authors: János Négyesi, Ali Mobark, Li Yin Zhang, Tibor Hortobagyi, Ryoichi Nagatomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6122810?pdf=render
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author János Négyesi
Ali Mobark
Li Yin Zhang
Tibor Hortobagyi
Ryoichi Nagatomi
author_facet János Négyesi
Ali Mobark
Li Yin Zhang
Tibor Hortobagyi
Ryoichi Nagatomi
author_sort János Négyesi
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description We determined the effects of wearing an above-knee compression garment (CG) on knee joint position sense. Healthy young adults (n = 24, age = 27.46 ± 4.65 years) performed a passive knee position-matching task on an isokinetic dynamometer with each leg separately. We determined the magnitude of compression by measuring anatomical thigh cross sectional area (CSA) in standing using magnetic resonance imaging. Wearing the CG compressed CSA by 2% (t = 2.91, p = 0.010, Cohen's d = 0.68). Repeated measures ANOVA (rANOVA) with three repetition factors (condition: CG, no CG; leg: right dominant, left non-dominant; and target angles: 30°, 45°, 60°) revealed an effect of angles (p < 0.001), where the matching of knee joint position was more accurate at 60° compared to 30° and 45° (p < 0.001). However, CG did not reduce passive joint position sense errors. In fact, joint position error was less without CG (p = 0.014). In conclusion, while CG does compress the thigh it does not afford the purported benefits for proprioception as measured by a target-matching task in the present study.
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spelling doaj.art-a5a756c8d7f14ecc85f65ba2263d5ea82022-12-22T01:53:40ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01139e020328810.1371/journal.pone.0203288An above-knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults.János NégyesiAli MobarkLi Yin ZhangTibor HortobagyiRyoichi NagatomiWe determined the effects of wearing an above-knee compression garment (CG) on knee joint position sense. Healthy young adults (n = 24, age = 27.46 ± 4.65 years) performed a passive knee position-matching task on an isokinetic dynamometer with each leg separately. We determined the magnitude of compression by measuring anatomical thigh cross sectional area (CSA) in standing using magnetic resonance imaging. Wearing the CG compressed CSA by 2% (t = 2.91, p = 0.010, Cohen's d = 0.68). Repeated measures ANOVA (rANOVA) with three repetition factors (condition: CG, no CG; leg: right dominant, left non-dominant; and target angles: 30°, 45°, 60°) revealed an effect of angles (p < 0.001), where the matching of knee joint position was more accurate at 60° compared to 30° and 45° (p < 0.001). However, CG did not reduce passive joint position sense errors. In fact, joint position error was less without CG (p = 0.014). In conclusion, while CG does compress the thigh it does not afford the purported benefits for proprioception as measured by a target-matching task in the present study.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6122810?pdf=render
spellingShingle János Négyesi
Ali Mobark
Li Yin Zhang
Tibor Hortobagyi
Ryoichi Nagatomi
An above-knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults.
PLoS ONE
title An above-knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults.
title_full An above-knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults.
title_fullStr An above-knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults.
title_full_unstemmed An above-knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults.
title_short An above-knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults.
title_sort above knee compression garment does not improve passive knee joint position sense in healthy adults
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6122810?pdf=render
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