Table 1. Mean (±SD) data for selected dependent variables in response to concentric and eccentric contractions for the three times of recovery. Adapted from Willoughby et al. (). Reprinted with permission from the .

Variables	Pre-ExercisePre	Post Exercise			Peak % Change
		6 hr	24 hr	48 hr
Strength (kg) (Bout x Test, p < 0.05)
CON	44.4 (6.8)	41.6 (7.9)	39.1 (4.9)	42.7 (5.2)	–11.7
ECC	43.2 (7.0)	40.5 (6.6)	30.0 (5.4)†	40.6 (4.2)	–30.2
SORE (Bout x Test, p < 0.05)
CON	2.1 (1.7)	2.4 (1.0)	5.7 (.9) †	2.3 (.7)	173.1
ECC	2.0 (1.1)	3.6 (2.1)	8.3 (1.1) †	3.7 (.9) ‡	306.8
sTnI (ng·ml-1) (Bout x Test, p < 0.05)
CON	69.2 (25.0)	78.3 (38.2)	91.0 (42.1) †	82.4 (42.5)	31.4
ECC	71.3 (26.5)	89.6 (43.2)	128.5 (40.4) †	98.3 (34.3) ‡	80.1
CK (U/ml) (Bout x Test, p < 0.05)
CON	93.0 (30.0)	152.6 (46.4)	226.5 (25.9) †	138.1 (21.2)	143.4
ECC	104.6 (26.8)	248.7 (65.5) *	342.8 (65.5) †	198.0 (61.2) ‡	227.7
CORT (ug·dl-1)
CON	13.2 (1.8)	15.0 (2.4)	17.2 (2.9)	15.3 (2.8)	30.1
ECC	13.1 (1.9)	17.6 (1.3)	21.5 (3.2)	16.4 (2.8)	63.4

Abbreviations: CON = concentric, ECC = eccentric.* significantly (p < 0.05) different at 6 hr post-exercise.†  significantly (p < 0.05) different at 24 hr post-exercise.‡ significantly (p < 0.05) different at 48 hr post-exercise.