Dale Lovell and colleagues at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia,
measured lactate levels in 25 rugby players after they'd exercised wearing either spandex - like compression garments or regular shorts.
Not exact matches
They have also been shown to decrease
measured levels of CK and
lactate when worn following exercise (3,23).
Over the course of the training season, he and his team
measure parameters such as heart rate, blood
lactate level, and oxygen consumed to help coaches understand how each rower is progressing and compares to the rest of the team.
Researchers are at work creating devices that monitor glucose
levels in patients with diabetes, devices that monitor the air quality to help patients with asthma, and devices that
measure the
levels of substances, such as
lactate, in the body.