Research Article
Daily Oxygen/O3 Treatment Reduces Muscular Fatigue and Improves Cardiac Performance in Rats Subjected to Prolonged High Intensity Physical Exercise
Table 1
Distance covered during 5 weeks of oxygen/ozone (O2/O3) treatment (2–6th week of the protocol) by rats subjected to a prolonged high intensity exercise.
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The table shows the mean ± s.e.m. of the distance covered per single week and for the period of 5 weeks (2–6th week of the protocol) application of an oxygen/O3 mixture to the four experimental groups of trained rats. Ozone treatment at dose of 150 g/kg significantly increased () the distance covered compared to the control exercised ET + O2 rats. This effect was more evident at the dose of 300 g/kg, with a significance of versus ET + O2 at the same week. ET = exercise trained rats running on treadmill. Significant differences with respect to ET + O2 are shown as p < 0.05 and p < 0.01. |