Clinical Study
Early Recovery of Exercise-Related Muscular Injury by HBOT
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the athletes.
| | | HBOT Group | Control Group | p-value | (n=20) | (n=21) | | | n | % | n | % |
| Gender | male | 20 | | 21 | | 0.218 | Age (years) | | 23.9 ± 5.1 | | 26.3 ± 5.6 | | 0.254 | Level of play | | | | | | 0.310 | | professional | 11 | 52 | 12 | 57 | | amateur | 10 | 48 | 9 | 43 | | Defensive position | | | | | | 0.658 | | pitcher | 13 | 65 | 15 | 71.4 | | | fielder | 7 | 35 | 6 | 28.6 | | Internal diseases | | | | | | 0.410 | | Yes | 4 | 20 | 2 | 9.5 | | | No | 16 | 80 | 18 | 90.5 | | Surgical history | | | | | | 1.000 | | Yes | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4.8 | | | No | 19 | 95 | 19 | 95.2 | |
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Note. M: Mann-Whitney U test, F: Fisher’s exact test, else Chi-square test.
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