Therabody reports compression-recovery study in 31 women runners
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Summary
Therabody described an eight-week crossover study involving 31 African American women runners. The company reported improvements in selected recovery measures when post-training JetBoots use was compared with passive rest. This manufacturer account of a small study does not establish equivalent benefits for all runners.
Editorial view
Editorial view: recovery-device companies are supplementing specifications with evidence from defined user groups.
Evidence and limitations
Manufacturer report. Peer-review status of this study and independent replication were not established in this verification.