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).
| | | Baseline | Postexercise | 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 |
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