Impact of Wearing Graduated Compression Stockings on Psychological and Physiological Responses during Prolonged Sitting

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15515319
AutoresMasahiro Horiuchi (0000-0001-5784-5694, Yamanashi Research Institute, autor de correspondencia), Chieko Takiguchi (Mount Fuji Research Institute), Yoko Kirihara (Mount Fuji Research Institute), Yukari Horiuchi (Kyushu Sangyo University)
Año2018
Volumen15
Número8
Páginas1710-1710
Fecha de publicación2018-08-10
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph15081710
PMID30103383
OpenAlexW2887054811
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas15

We investigated the impact of wearing vs. not wearing graduated compression stockings on psychological and physiological responses in 18 healthy young people (12 men and six women) during 3 h prolonged sitting. Profiled of Mood States (POMS) scores did not show marked differences between with and without stockings. A 3 h sit significantly decreased saliva cortisol in both conditions; with no differences between conditions. Wearing stockings suppressed a subjective uncomfortable sensation (e.g., pain; fatigue; swelling) in the lower limbs, as assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS). Increase in heart rate at 1 h and 3 h was significantly greater without than with stockings. In addition, high-frequency oscillations (HF: 0.15−0.4 Hz), used as an indicator of parasympathetic nerve activity, showed higher values with than without stockings throughout the 3 h sitting period-significantly higher at 1 h. When data for both conditions were pooled pre-to-post changes in saliva cortisol were positively associated with higher uncomfortable sensations of VAS in the lower limbs and negatively associated with changes in the Vigor subscale of POMS. Collectively, these findings suggest that wearing graduated compression stockings may benefit from subjective comfort and increased parasympathetic nerve activity

Compression stockings · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Sitting · Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders · Medicine · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Thermoregulation and physiological responses