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Table 4.

Results of subgroup analyses

	Type of physical exercise					CG body area						CG timing and duration
	SMD [95% CI]	Z	p	I²	Chi²		SMD [95% CI]	Z	p	I²	Chi²		SMD [95% CI]	Z	p	I²	Chi²
IMM ≤ t < 24 h
PLYO	0.42 [− 0.03, 0.87]	1.81	0.07	0	0.26	U	− 0.07 [− 0.53, 0.38]	0.32	0.75	0	0.35	DUR	− 0.05 [− 0.40, 0.30]	0.29	0.77	9	5.51
ECC	− 0.27 [− 0.68, 0.14]	1.30	0.19	0	1.48	L	0.05 [− 0.23, 0.33]	0.35	0.73	5	8.43	12 h	0.04 [− 0.42, 0.50]	0.16	0.87	0	1.64
RES	0.07 [− 0.37, 0.52]	0.32	0.75	0	0.81	U + L	− 0.15 [− 0.60, 0.30]	0.67	0.50	0	0.07	72 h	0.07 [− 0.38, 0.52]	0.32	0.75	0	1.77
COMB	− 0.18 [− 0.60, 0.24]	0.85	0.40	0	1.16
Overall	− 0.01 [− 0.23, 0.20]	0.12	0.91	48.1	5.78		− 0.02 [− 0.22, 0.19]	0.16	0.87	0	9.52		0.01 [− 0.22, 0.24]	0.06	0.95	0	9.11
24 ≤ t < 48 h
PLYO	0.37 [− 0.43, 1.17]	0.90	0.37	60	4.96	U	− 0.07 [− 0.50, 0.36]	0.32	0.75	0	2.70	DUR	− 0.25 [− 0.75, 0.26]	0.96	0.34	0	1.95
ECC	− 0.05 [− 0.39, 0.29]	0.30	0.76	0	3.38	L	0.03 [− 0.29, 0.35]	0.18	0.86	0	8.00	12 h	0.10 [− 0.34, 0.54]	0.46	0.65	20	5.00
COMB	− 0.07 [− 0.48, 0.34]	0.33	0.74	0	0.21	U + L	− 0.00 [− 0.45, 0.45]	0.01	0.99	0	0.46	72 h	0.14 [− 0.26, 0.54]	0.70	0.49	0	2.10
Overall	0.03 [− 0.20, 0.26]	0.26	0.79	0	0.98		− 0.00 [− 0.22, 0.21]	0.03	0.98	0	11.29		0.03 [− 0.21, 0.28]	0.27	0.79	0	10.63
48 ≤ t < 72 h
PLYO	0.44 [− 0.72, 1.61]	0.74	0.46	79	9.70	U	− 0.20 [− 0.65, 0.25]	0.85	0.39	6	4.25	DUR	− 0.48 [− 1.22, 0.26]	1.27	0.20	0	0.72
ECC	− 0.20 [− 0.65, 0.25]	0.85	0.39	6	4.25	L	0.15 [− 0.50, 0.80]	0.45	0.65	67	12.04	12 h	0.09 [− 1.31, 1.50]	0.13	0.89	81	10.60
												72 h	0.17 [− 0.26, 0.59]	0.76	0.45	10	3.32
Overall	0.05 [− 0.32, 0.42]	0.26	0.80	0	1.41		− 0.03 [− 0.43, 0.37]	0.16	0.87	48	17.28		− 0.01 [− 0.46, 0.45]	0.03	0.98	53	16.92
72 ≤ t < 96 h
PLYO	0.49 [− 0.21, 1.18]	1.37	0.17	46	3.72	U	− 0.04 [− 0.39, 0.47]	0.18	0.86	0	3.96	DUR	0.02 [− 0.70, 0.75]	0.07	0.95	0	0.80
ECC	0.04 [− 0.39, 0.47]	0.18	0.86	0	3.96	L	0.28 [− 0.33, 0.89]	0.90	0.37	50	6.06	12 h	0.24 [− 0.80, 1.27]	0.45	0.65	68	6.16
												72 h	0.14 [− 0.28, 0.57]	0.66	0.51	10	3.32
Overall	0.21 [− 0.17, 0.58]	1.08	0.28	13.8	1.16		0.14 [− 0.21, 0.49]	0.79	0.43	23	10.46		0.14 [− 0.21, 0.49]	0.79	0.43	23	10.46
96 h ≤ t
						U	0.16 [− 0.55, 0.87]	0.44	0.66	45	5.41	DUR	− 0.22 [− 0.81, 0.36]	0.75	0.45	0	0.22
						L	0.48 [− 0.96, 1.92]	0.65	0.51	75	3.99	12 h	0.56 [− 0.77, 1.89]	0.82	0.41	67	3.06
Overall	-	-	-	-	-		0.26 [− 0.33, 0.85]	0.87	0.38	49	9.71		0.07 [− 0.50, 0.65]	0.25	0.80	33	5.93

CG compression garment, CI confidence interval, COMB combined exercise, DUR CG applied during exercise, ECC lab-based eccentric exercise, IMM immediately, L CG applied on the lower body, PLYO plyometric exercise, RES resistance exercise, t measurement time point, SMD standardized mean difference, U CG applied on the arm/upper body, U + L CG applied on both the upper and lower body