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Is leg compression beneficial for alpine skiers?

Billy Sperlich, Dennis-Peter Born, Mikael Swarén, Yvonne Kilian, Björn Geesmann, Matthias Kohl-Bareis, Hans-Christer Holmberg BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013, 5:18 (2 September 2013)

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Leg compression allows alpine skiers to maintain a deeper tuck position with less perceived exertion while having no impact on whole-body oxygen consumption or blood lactate concentration.