Clinical Study

Infrared Low-Level Laser Therapy (Photobiomodulation Therapy) before Intense Progressive Running Test of High-Level Soccer Players: Effects on Functional, Muscle Damage, Inflammatory, and Oxidative Stress Markers—A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Outcomes in test 1 vs. test 2 regardless of the treatment given (values are expressed as mean and standard deviation).

BaselinePostexercise value

VO2 max relative (l/kg·min)Test 1
Test 2
58.50 (±5.22)
57.67 (±5.68)
0.62
VO2 max absolute (l/min)Test 1
Test 2
3.75 (±0.59)
3.81 (±0.54)
0.73
Time until exhaustion (s)Test 1
Test 2
535.91 (±161.82)
532.88 (±159.59)
0.95
Anaerobic threshold (s)Test 1
Test 2
415.60 (±62.16)
409.15 (±65.12)
0.74
Anaerobic threshold (l/min)Test 1
Test 2
3.15 (±0.47)
3.09 (±0.51)
0.69
Aerobic threshold (s)Test 1
Test 2
179.42 (±48.21)
181.78 (±46.28)
0.87
Aerobic threshold (l/min)Test 1
Test 2
2.08 (±0.34)
2.14 (±0.41)
0.60
CK (U·l-1)Test 1
Test 2
217.96 (±36.12)
228.66 (±38.17)
0.34
LDH (U·l-1)Test 1
Test 2
289.81 (±45.87)
294.09 (±43.80)
0.75
IL-1β (pg/ml)Test 1
Test 2
3.18 (±0.49)
3.11 (±0.54)
0.65
IL-6 (pg/ml)Test 1
Test 2
33.65 (±5.99)
34.78 (±5.74)
0.53
TNF-α (pg/ml)Test 1
Test 2
57.37 (±8.98)
59.39 (±8.79)
0.46
TBARS (nmol/ml)Test 1
Test 2
3.90 (±0.80)
3.67 (±0.85)
0.36
Carbonylated proteins (nmol of DNPH/g/dl of protein)Test 1
Test 2
2.14 (±0.59)
2.07 (±0.68)
0.72
SOD (U SOD/g of protein)Test 1
Test 2
2.85 (±0.69)
2.97 (±0.72)
0.58
CAT (U CAT/g of protein)Test 1
Test 2
2.82 (±0.74)
2.76 (±0.78)
0.79