Abstract

Promoting adequate recovery of athletes, allowing less refractory time between training sessions and reducing the chance of injury is a constant work and concern. Actions that help improve performance and physical well-being, without the use of these medications as mentioned above, are increasingly used, such as massages, low-intensity exercises, cryotherapy, and electrophysical resources, among others. In this way, the synergy of technologies can be an aspect of great potential. In recent years, many technologies have been developed with a special focus on treating chronic diseases. The present study brings the combination of pneumatic compression and photobiomodulation as a resource in new equipment. Its use in athletes, runners, was carried out twice a week, for 4 weeks. The evaluation carried out using the Bruce protocol carried out on a treadmill allowed the result to observe the improvement in maximum Vo2, comparing groups of individual resources, such as pneumatic compression and photobiomodulation, acting singularly and in conjunction, at the same time, in 3rd session session’s minutes. The observations allow us to conclude that the combined action of pneumatic compression and photobiomodulation promote a more favourable condition for recovery, in addition to favourable physiological conditions for better performance.