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18.2.5
Statistic Analysis
Data are expressed as the mean ± S.E. Throughout the experimental period,
significant differences within each group were compared via a repeated-mea-
sures ANOVA followed by the Dunnett's multiple comparison post hoc tests. At
each point, significant differences in the parameters between the groups were
analyzed via a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) multiple comparison fol-
lowed by the Dunnett's multiple comparison post hoc test or nonparametric
Wilcoxon tests. Significant differences (two-tailed) were set at P < 0.05.
Statistical analyses were conducted with the SPSS software version 18.0 for
Windows (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
18.3
Results
18.3.1
DOMS After ECC
DOMS was subjectively evaluated using VAS in conditions of forcible exten-
sion of elbow joint (Fig. 18.3 ). VAS scores in all groups significantly increased
on the 1st day, and then, declined from the 2nd to 4th days (Fig. 18.3a ). On the
2nd day, the increased VAS score in the AdTB group decreased compared to
that on the 1st day, while the scores in the PLCB and TAU groups further
increased. In the AdTB group, VAS score on the 2nd day was significantly lower
than in the PLCB group. AUC values of the VAS score in the extension condi-
tion were 28 and 37% lower in the BCAA and AdTB groups, respectively, than
the PLCB group (Fig. 18.3b ).
18.3.2
Serum Marker of Muscle Damage
Serum activity of LDH in the progress and AUC during the experimental period was
shown as a blood marker of muscle damages (Fig. 18.4 ). Serum LDH activity was
unchanged in all groups until immediately after exercise, but increased from the 1st
to 4th day. In the PLCB, BCAA, and TAU groups, serum LDH activity was
significantly higher on the 3rd and 4th days than before (Fig. 18.4a ). In the AdTB
group, there was no significant difference in LDH activity between before and 3rd
day, but significantly between before and 4th day. In the AdTB group, LDH activity
from the 1st to 3rd days and AUC was significantly lower in the AdTB group than
before (Fig. 18.4b ).
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