Postexercise Impact of Ice-Cold Water Bath on the Oxidant-Antioxidant Balance in Healthy Men

Table 1

Characteristics of the study subjects. Values are given as mean ± SD.

Subjects’ number	24
Age (years)	28.7 ± 7.3
BM (body mass, kg)	79.8 ± 10.2
BH (body height, cm)	181.9 ± 6.9
BF (body fat, %)	14.2 ± 4.6
TBW (total body water, %)	62.8 ± 3.3
MM (muscle mass, %)	44.9 ± 2.6
BMI (body mass index, kg/m)	24.1 ± 2.5
BS (body surface, m^2)	2.0 ± 0.1
IPAQ (level of physical activity, MET·min/wk)	2574.3 ± 1000.6
(maximum oxygen consumption, mL/kg/min)	42.1 ± 4.7
Borg CR10^1 (rating of perceived exertion scale)	3.7 ± 1.1
(maximum oxygen consumption, mL/kg/min)	44.3 ± 5.9
Borg CR10^2 (rating of perceived exertion scale)^*	3.5 ± 0.9

Session 1 (no ice-cold water bath).
²Session 2 (ice-cold water bath).
^*No statistically significant differences between VO_2max and Borg CR10 in both sessions.