Clinical Study

Early Recovery of Exercise-Related Muscular Injury by HBOT

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the athletes.

HBOT GroupControl Groupp-value
(n=20)(n=21)
n%n%

Gendermale20210.218
Age (years)23.9 ± 5.126.3 ± 5.60.254
Level of play0.310
professional11521257
amateur1048943
Defensive position0.658
pitcher13651571.4
fielder735628.6
Internal diseases0.410
Yes42029.5
No16801890.5
Surgical history1.000
Yes1514.8
No19951995.2

Note. M: Mann-Whitney U test, F: Fisher’s exact test, else Chi-square test.