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Pre-Conditioning with Peristaltic External Pneumatic
Compression Does Not Acutely Improve Repeated Wingate Performance nor Alter Blood Lactate Concentrations During
Passive Recovery Compared to Sham
Journal: Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
Manuscript ID apnm-2015-0247.R1
Manuscript Type: Brief communication
Date Submitted by the Author: 15-Jul-2015
Complete List of Authors: Martin, Jeffrey; Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Auburn Campus, Cell Biology and Physiology Friedenreich, Zachary; Quinnipiac University, Physical Therapy Borges, Alexandra; Quinnipiac University, Biomedical Sciences Roberts, Michael; Auburn University, Kinesiology
Keyword: athlete performance < athlete performance, physiology < physiology, exercise performance < exercise, recovery < exercise, massage therapy < therapy
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Abstract Word Count: 69 2
References: 14 3
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Pre-Conditioning with Peristaltic External Pneumatic Compression Does Not Acutely 8
Improve Repeated Wingate Performance nor Alter Blood Lactate Concentrations 9
During Passive Recovery Compared to Sham 10
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Running Head: Pre-conditioning with Peristaltic Pneumatic Compression and Repeated 13
Anaerobic Exercise Performance 14
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Jeffrey S. Martin1,3*
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Zachary D. Friedenreich2 18
Alexandra R. Borges2
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Michael D. Roberts1,3
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22 1 Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – 23
Auburn Campus, Auburn AL USA 36832. 24 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT USA 06518. 25
3 School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL USA 36849. 26
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E-mail addresses 29
Jeffrey S. Martin: [email protected] 30
Zachary D. Friedenreich: [email protected] 31
Alexandra R. Borges: [email protected] 32
Michael D. Roberts: [email protected] 33
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*Corresponding Author: 36
Jeffrey S. Martin, Ph.D. 37
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – Auburn Campus 38
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology 39
910 S. Donahue Dr. 40
Auburn, AL USA 36832 41
Tel: (334) 442-4007 42
Email: [email protected] 43
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Disclosures: Funding was provided, in part, by NormaTec USA (Newton, MA) for this study. 46
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ABSTRACT 1
Application of dynamic external pneumatic compression (EPC) during recovery from 2
athletic activities has demonstrated favorable effects on flexibility, soreness, swelling and blood 3
lactate (BLa) concentrations. However, the effects of “pre-conditioning” with a peristaltic pulse 4
EPC device on subsequent performance and BLa concentrations have not been characterized. 5
Herein, we demonstrate that pre-treatment for 30-min with EPC has no effect on subsequent 6
supramaximal exercise performance or BLa concentrations during passive recovery. 7
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Keywords: Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices; Athletic Performance; Lactic Acid; 9
Devices; Exercise Therapy; Sports Medicine; Exercise; Regional Blood Flow; Nitric Oxide; 10
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INTRODUCTION 1
Dynamic external pneumatic compression (EPC) use in athletic recovery paradigms has 2
demonstrated favorable effects on flexibility (Sands et al. 2014b), muscle soreness (Sands et al. 3
2014a), and muscle swelling (Chleboun et al. 1995). Moreover, dynamic EPC has been shown 4
to improve local contractile capacity in a model of acute recovery from a fatigue protocol 5
(Wiener et al. 2001). We recently demonstrated that 30 minutes of dynamic EPC during 6
recovery from repeated Wingate Anaerobic Tests (WAnT) significantly lowered blood lactate 7
(BLa) concentrations compared to passive recovery (Martin et al. 2015b). We also recently 8
found that vascular reactivity was improved systemically in the muscular conduit arteries and 9
locally in the resistance arteries of healthy subjects following 1 hour of dynamic EPC (Martin et 10
al. 2015a). Given the role of vascular reactivity and nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability in exercise 11
induced hyperemia and metabolite clearance (Maiorana et al. 2012), it follows that “pre-12
conditioning” with EPC may also improve BLa clearance following an intense exercise effort. 13
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a single 30 min EPC bout on 14
subsequent repeated bouts of supramaximal exercise and BLa concentrations during passive 15
recovery. 16
MATERIALS AND METHODS 17
Subjects 18
Ten (n=10) Division I men’s college hockey players were recruited for participation in 19
this crossover design study during their off-season. Subject characteristics were as follows 20
(mean ± SD): age, 22.8 ± 1.1 years; body mass, 84.7 ± 3.9 kg; height, 181.4 ± 4.9 cm; and body 21
fat, 12.7 ± 1.3%. This study was approved by the Quinnipiac University Institutional Review 22
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Board and written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their 1
participation. 2
Procedures 3
All participants reported for a total of 3 visits: (a) familiarization session, (b) testing 4
session 1, and (c) testing session 2. Visits were separated by 3-7 days. At study entry, each 5
subject was randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: EPC at testing session 1 and sham at session 2, 6
or vice versa. 7
For all sessions, subjects reported to the Quinnipiac University Cardiovascular 8
Laboratory in a rested, hydrated, post-prandial state (> 2 hours) and had abstained from caffeine, 9
alcohol and strenuous exercise for at least 48 hours. Participants were also instructed to maintain 10
normal dietary habits throughout the study and replicate their 24-hour diet for subsequent visits. 11
All testing was performed at the same time of day for each subject to control for diurnal 12
variation. 13
Familiarization Session 14
At least 72-hours prior to the first testing session, all participants reported to laboratory to 15
become familiarized with the WAnT and expectations for the protocol. At this time, the 16
investigator explained and demonstrated the procedures and instructed the subject through a 30-17
second WAnT, 3 minutes of active rest (pedaling at 70 rpm against minimal resistance), and 18
initiation of a second WAnT. All subjects were instructed, on the investigators verbal command, 19
to maximally accelerate at the start of the WAnT and maintain a maximal effort throughout the 20
30-second test. 21
Testing Sessions 22
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Upon reporting to the laboratory, adherence with dietary and physical activity guidelines 1
was confirmed with each subject. Thereafter, height and body mass (weigh beam scale with 2
height rod; Detecto 439, Webb City, MO USA), body fat (bioelectrical impedance analysis; 3
OMRON HBF306C, Kyoto, Japan), and heart rate (HR; Polar FT1, Polar Electro, Kempele, 4
Finland) were measured. In addition, resting BLa was evaluated via fingertip blood sample 5
collected with a single-use contact-activated lancet. A Lactate Scout portable lactate analyzer 6
(EKF Diagnostics, Cardiff, Wales, UK) was used for BLa measurement. Fingertip capillary 7
blood sampling was performed following cleaning and drying of the site with sterile techniques, 8
using an alcohol swab and gauze pad, respectively. 9
Following baseline measurements, subjects were treated with EPC or sham for 30 10
minutes. Thereafter, the cycle ergometer (894E Peak Test Cycle, Monark Exercise AB, 11
Vansbro, Sweden) seat height and position were adjusted for the subject, BLa was measured 12
again, and a 5-minute warm-up period began by pedaling against minimal resistance at ~70rpm. 13
Following the warm-up, subjects were instructed to start the WAnT as described in the 14
familiarization test and the brake weight resistance (7.5% of subject’s body mass) was applied 15
automatically when the subject reached 100 rpm. Immediately following the completion of the 16
first 30-second WAnT (WAnT1), brake weight resistance was removed and the subject was 17
instructed to pedal at ~70 rpm until the second WAnT (WAnT2) commenced 3 minutes 18
following WAnT1. The same procedure was employed following WAnT2 for transition to 19
WAnT3. After completion of WAnT3, subjects were instructed to pedal at ~70 rpm for 1 minute 20
followed by dismount from the bike and translocation to a treatment table for a 30 minute 21
passive rest recovery period. 22
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At exactly 5 minutes following WAnT3, BLa concentration was measured. Moreover, 1
BLa concentration was evaluated 10 and 15 minutes thereafter (15, 30 minutes post-WAnT3). 2
HR was recorded prior to and immediately following each of the WAnTs, as well as at 5 minute 3
intervals throughout the recovery period. Peak power, mean power, and the fatigue index were 4
measured as parameters of anaerobic cycling performance and recorded through a PC interface. 5
Peak power was calculated as the highest running average of 1 second (Watts), average power 6
was calculated as the mean power of the entire 30-second test (Watts), and the fatigue index was 7
calculated as the percentage change in power output between the first and last five seconds of the 8
30-second test. 9
Treatments (EPC and Sham) 10
A dynamic, sequential pulse EPC device (NormaTec, Newton Center, MA, USA) was 11
used for treatments. Briefly, the EPC device consists of two separate “leg sleeves” which 12
contain five circumferential inflatable chambers (arranged linearly along the limb) encompassing 13
the leg from the feet to the hip/groin. The “leg sleeves” are connected to an automated 14
pneumatic pump at which target inflation pressures for each zone and the duty cycle can be 15
controlled. However, the unit is commercially marketed with pre-programmed defaults for the 16
duty cycle and recommended inflation pressure settings. In this study, we chose to use the 17
recovery protocol recommended by the manufacturer which consists of target inflation pressures 18
of ~70mmHg for each chamber. The device and compression protocol has been described in 19
detail previously (Martin et al. 2015b). 20
The sham treatment condition consisted of 30 minute application of the EPC “leg 21
sleeves” and connection to the pneumatic pump, without actual compression. This protocol was 22
employed to control for any thermogenic effect as heat loss from the legs is likely affected. A 23
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lower pressure treatment was not employed for the sham treatment given the potential for even 1
very low pressures having an effect on the study outcomes. 2
Statistical Analysis 3
Subject HR and BLa concentrations at baseline between treatment conditions were 4
evaluated using paired t-tests. Continuous primary outcome variables were analyzed by two-way 5
repeated measures ANOVA and partial eta squared (���) values were calculated as estimates of 6
effect size using Cohen’s guidelines of small, medium and large effects (���=0.01, 0.09 and 0.25, 7
respectively) (Cohen 1992). When a significant main effect of time was observed, between time 8
point differences, on average (i.e. collapsing across treatments), were evaluated using paired t-9
tests with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Bonferroni corrected p-values are 10
presented in these instances. Paired t-tests and Cohen’s d effect sizes were also used to analyze 11
treatment effects on the overall fatigue index and BLa concentration area under the curve (AUC) 12
with d values of 0.2, 0.5, and 0.8 corresponding to small, moderate and large effect sizes, 13
respectively. AUC analysis using the trapezoidal method was performed for BLa from 5 to 35 14
minutes of recovery. An alpha level of P < 0.05 was required for statistical significance. Data 15
are presented as mean ± SD and [brackets] indicate 95% confidence intervals around the mean. 16
All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 23.0 for Windows (SPSS, Chicago, 17
IL, USA). 18
RESULTS 19
All subjects completed the entire study protocol without incident. No significant 20
differences between trials were observed for HR (66 ± 11 bpm vs. 64 ± 12 bpm, for EPC and 21
sham, respectively; P=0.597), or BLa concentrations at baseline (2.0 ± 0.9 mmol/L vs. 1.7 ± 0.8 22
mmol/L for EPC and sham, respectively; P=0.529). 23
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Parameters of anaerobic cycling performance are shown in Figure 1 (panels A-C). A 1
main effect of time (P<0.001, ���=0.884), but no main effect of treatment (P=0.309, ��
�=0.114) or 2
time*treatment interaction (P=0.928, ���=0.008) was observed for peak power with the 3
consecutive WAnTs. Similarly, a main effect of time (P<0.001, ���=0.944) but no main effect of 4
treatment (P=0.217, ���=0.164) or time*treatment interaction (P=0.600, ��
�=0.055) was observed 5
for average power. Between time point differences, on average, illustrating the main effect of 6
time for peak power and average power are presented in Figures 1A and 1B, respectively 7
(P<0.002 for all significant differences). No main effect of time (P=0.093, ���=0.469), treatment 8
(P=0.889, ���=0.052) or time*treatment interaction (P=0.908, ��
�=0.063) was observed for the 9
fatigue index during consecutive WAnTs (Figure 1C). Moreover, the overall fatigue index (ratio 10
of peak power during the first 5 seconds of WAnT1 and last 5 seconds of WAnT3; 57.6 ± 9.4% 11
vs. 58.1 ± 6.3% for EPC and sham, respectively) was not different between treatments (-0.51 ± 12
9.06% [-7.00, 5.97]; P=0.862; d=0.07) 13
For HR measured immediately before and following the consecutive WAnTs, a main 14
effect of time (P<0.001; ���=0.957), but no main effect of treatment (P=0.475; ��
�=0.058) or 15
time*treatment interaction (P=0.647; ���=0.041) was observed (Figure 1D). HR responses 16
during 30 minutes of passive recovery demonstrated a main effect of time (P<0.001; ���=0.975), 17
but no main effect of treatment (P=0.141; ���=0.225) or time*treatment interaction (P=0.180; 18
���=0.134) (Figure 1E). Between time point differences, on average, illustrating the main effect 19
of time are presented in figures 1D and 1E (P<0.05 for all). 20
BLa concentrations following EPC and sham were 1.99 ± 0.71 and 1.94 ± 0.84 mmol/L, 21
respectively. No significant main effect of time (P=0.639; ���=0.026), main effect of treatment 22
(P=0.440; ���=0.068) or time*treatment interaction (P=0.743; ��
�=0.013) was observed for 23
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treatment-mediated changes in BLa concentrations at rest (i.e. before WAnT1). For BLa 1
concentrations during 30 minutes of recovery, a main effect of time (P<0.001; ���=0.918), but no 2
main effect of treatment (P=0.364; ���=0.092) or time*treatment interaction (P=0.271; ��
�=0.279) 3
was observed. Between time point differences, on average, illustrating the main effect of time 4
are presented in Figure 1F (P<0.003 for all). AUC for BLa concentrations during recovery (9.2 5
± 1.6 vs. 9.7 ± 2.0 mmol/L/min for EPC and sham, respectively) were not different during 6
recovery between groups (-0.4 ± 1.5 mmol/L/min [-1.48, 0.63]; P=0.250; d=0.24). 7
DISCUSSION 8
Given our prior data demonstrating that EPC increases vascular reactivity at rest (Martin 9
et al. 2015a) and significantly reduces BLa concentrations following repeated WAnTs (Martin et 10
al. 2015b), we hypothesized that EPC pre-conditioning may have potentiated greater metabolite 11
clearance during multiple WAnTs. Notwithstanding, we report that pre-conditioning with EPC 12
does not alter peak BLa concentrations observed following intense exercise, nor the subsequent 13
decline in circulating BLa concentrations during passive recovery. Granted, given the present 14
data set, we cannot determine if BLa production and/or clearance are affected by pre-15
conditioning with EPC, only that circulating concentrations do not differ between treatment 16
conditions. Ultimately, while reducing BLa concentrations during recovery may be a desired 17
effect, the fact that pre-conditioning with EPC does not alter peak BLa levels following intense 18
exercise suggest that it does not mitigate the exertion-induced increase in BLa. This is a 19
particularly important point when considering that skeletal muscle acidity has been suggested to 20
play a role in preserving and/or improving muscle force (Allen et al. 2008). 21
Recent studies in athletes have shown nitrate supplementation to increase endurance 22
performance by potentially increasing NO bioavailability and blood flow to working muscle 23
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(Cermak et al. 2012, Handzlik and Gleeson 2013). To this end, EPC has been shown to enhance 1
blood flow and skeletal muscle NO production (Martin et al. 2015a, Kephart et al. 2015). In 2
addition, multiple models of dynamic compression have been shown to acutely increase 3
intramuscular gene expression patterns related to mitochondrial biogenesis and vascular biology 4
(Sheldon et al. 2012, Kephart et al. 2015). However, herein we report that pre-conditioning with 5
EPC does not acutely improve performance and/or mitigate fatigue during subsequent, repeated 6
WAnTs tests. 7
Our null performance findings with EPC pre-conditioning may have arisen from multiple 8
factors including: a) performance during repeated WAnTs may largely hinge upon the ATP/PCr 9
bioenergy system and be less reliant on an enhancement in lower limb blood flow, and it is likely 10
that pre-conditioning with EPC does not enhance the former metabolic pathway; b) while 11
application of EPC enhances lower limb vascular reactivity and blood flow, these pre-12
conditioning effects may be largely negated at the onset of exercise during high intensity muscle 13
contractions; and c) a relatively small sample size with highly variable performance measures 14
resulting in low observed power (<0.25) to detect a treatment effect. Finally, it is important to 15
note that we only investigated peripheral fatigue and the effect of EPC on central factors (e.g. 16
descending motor drive), which may play a role in performance fatigue (Rattray et al. 2015), is 17
largely unknown. Thus, although acute pre-conditioning with EPC does not appear to be 18
effective for improving subsequent repeated supramaximal cycling efforts, future studies should 19
continue to investigate the potential ergogenic effects of EPC in acute and chronic application 20
models. 21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 22
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The authors wish to thank Brian Fairbrother, ATC for his assistance with participant 1
recruitment and study organization, the study participants for their time and effort. 2
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 3
Partial support (~50%) for consumable costs associated with this study was provided by 4
NormaTec USA (Newton Center, MA USA) through a contract awarded to the corresponding 5
author (J.S.M.). However, the authors have no conflict of interest to disclose. 6
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FIGURE LEGENDS 1
Figure 1. Panels A-D: parameters of anaerobic cycling performance and heart rate (HR) during 2
Wingate tests (WAnT). Following 30 minutes of treatment with external pneumatic compression 3
(EPC), WAnTs were performed consecutively with 3 minutes of active rest between bouts. A) 4
Peak anaerobic power (highest 1 second running average during 30-second WAnT) in Watts, B) 5
average power (mean power for the entire 30-second WAnT) in Watts, C) the fatigue index 6
(percent drop in power from first 5 seconds of the test to the last 5 seconds of the test), and D) 7
HR immediately before or after performance of respective WAnTs. Panels E-F: HR and blood 8
lactate concentrations (BLa) during passive recovery following WAnT3. When a significant 9
main effect of time was observed, post hoc analysis for between time points comparisons was 10
performed using Student’s paired t-tests with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. 11
Time points with different letter superscripts denotes significant between time point difference 12
(P<0.05). Values are presented as mean ± SD. 13
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Panels A-D: parameters of anaerobic cycling performance and heart rate (HR) during Wingate tests (WAnT). Following 30 minutes of treatment with external pneumatic compression (EPC), WAnTs were
performed consecutively with 3 minutes of active rest between bouts. A) Peak anaerobic power (highest 1 second running average during 30-second WAnT) in Watts, B) average power (mean power for the entire 30-second WAnT) in Watts, C) the fatigue index (percent drop in power from first 5 seconds of the test to
the last 5 seconds of the test), and D) HR immediately before or after performance of respective WAnTs. Panels E-F: HR and blood lactate concentrations (BLa) during passive recovery following
WAnT3. When a significant main effect of time was observed, post hoc analysis for between time points
comparisons was performed using Student’s paired t-tests with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Time points with different letter superscripts denotes significant between time point difference
(P<0.05). Values are presented as mean ± SD. 210x205mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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