Not specifically Raptors related, but there are a few Raptors who wear this stuff.
According to this article, compression clothing really doesn't do anything to improve performance. Any improvements are explained by the placebo effect.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015...or-performance
That being said, even if the players think they have an advantage, compression gear could be useful if the placebo effect leads to improved performance.
According to this article, compression clothing really doesn't do anything to improve performance. Any improvements are explained by the placebo effect.
To test the claims, Stickford gave 16 endurance runners a pair of calf compression sleeves. Then she strapped on masks and monitors to measure the runners' gait and oxygen intake. The same routine was done without the calf sleeves as well, and "we found nothing," Stickford says. No difference.
"When we looked at the averages of our group of runners, all the measures of running gait were exactly the same with and without compression," Stickford says. "And the measures of efficiency were exactly the same."
"When we looked at the averages of our group of runners, all the measures of running gait were exactly the same with and without compression," Stickford says. "And the measures of efficiency were exactly the same."
That being said, even if the players think they have an advantage, compression gear could be useful if the placebo effect leads to improved performance.
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