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  1. Aug 2018
    1. Graph 2 shows the trend for the diastolic pressure.

      Post-exercise, diastolic pressure is higher than baseline; compression garments exaggerate this effect

    2. Graph 1 shows the systolic pressure data (x-axis in mmHg). It can be noted that the test subjects start from an equal baseline condition, but after performing the swimming test the athletes not wearing the costume in the first control (20-30 mins) have an average systolic pressure that has dropped to approximately 90 mmHg.

      Thus, compression garments may prevent circumstantial hypotension. In this case, one possibility is that the compression is delivering blood to the heart that would otherwise be shunted to the skin for heat dissipation.