Wearing graduated compression stockings augments cutaneous vasodilation but not sweating during exercise in the heat.

The activation of cutaneous vasodilation and sweating are essential to the regulation of core temperature during exercise in the heat. We assessed the effect of graduated compression induced by wearing stockings on cutaneous vasodilation and sweating during exercise in the heat (30°C). On two separate occasions, nine young males exercised for 45 min or until core temperature reached ~1.

Wearing graduated compression stockings augments cutaneous vasodilation in heat-stressed resting humans.

Purpose: We investigated whether graduated compression induced by stockings enhances cutaneous vasodilation in passively heated resting humans.

Methods: Nine habitually active young men were heated at rest using water-perfusable suits, resulting in a 1.0 °C increase in body core temperature.