Table 1. Mean (±standard deviation) values of maximal voluntary isometric contraction torque of the knee extensors (MVC-KE, Nm) and flexors (MVC-KF, Nm), muscle soreness assessed by a 100-mm visual analog scale for the knee extensors (SOR-KE, mm) and flexors (SOR-KF, mm), plasma creatine kinase (CK, IU/L) activity and myoglobin (Mb, µg/L) concentration at baseline (B), and between the first and second, and second and third 90-minutes Loughborough Intermittent Shuttle Test (LIST) for the 2d (interval between LISTs was two days), 3d (three days), and 4d (four days) conditions.

C	Measures	Baseline	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2d	MVC-KE	161±15	138±18*	142±18*	135±19*	140±19*	130±20*	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡
	MVC-KF	88±9	73±10*	76±9*	70±9*	73±9*	65.4±8.1*	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡
	SOR-KE	0.0±0.0	35±13*	40±19*	41±15*	39±16*	43.6±9.7*	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡
	SOR-KF	0.0±0.0	42±11*	46±13*	43±9*	42±11*	51.0 ± 8.8*	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡
	CK	83±14*	259±120*	328±131*	467±144*	519±163*	604±193*	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡
	Mb	18±3	38±32*	53±35*	83±37*	94±42*	111±49*	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡	â–¡
3d	MVC-KE	161±16	135±16*	138±17*	141±18*	132±15*	135±16*	138±17*	133±14*	â–¡	â–¡
	MVC-KF	90±9	74±9*	75±9*	77±9*	71±10*	72±11*	75±11*	72±10*	â–¡	â–¡
	SOR-KE	0±0	37±9*	38±7*	29±6*	37±7*	34±16*	22±12*	33±5*	â–¡	â–¡
	SOR-KF	0±0	44±10*	47±7*	37±5*	45±8*	41±13*	38±24*	42±6*	â–¡	â–¡
	CK	79±12*	272±110*	334±125*	350±67*	417±99*	472±108*	402±89*	427±122*	â–¡	â–¡
	Mb	18±2	42±26*	56±30*	60±18*	76±27*	88±29*	71±21*	76±26*	â–¡	â–¡
4d	MVC-KE	162±15	138±16*	142±16*	145±16*	150±15*	137±15*	139±15*	144±15*	148±16*	140±15*
	MVC-KF	91±9	75±9*	77±9*	79±9*	81±9*	72±8*	75±8*	78±8*	80.8 ± 8.4*	76±8*
	SOR-KE	0±0	33±8*	38±12*	31±11*	22±9*	29±6*	26±8*	19±8*	14.5 ± 7.3*	23±8*
	SOR-KF	0±0	39±10*	46±13*	39±12*	30±9*	36±9*	35±9*	29±11*	22±10*	32±8*
	CK	82±13*	259±61*	330±75*	356±67*	327±94*	402±77*	450±83*	355±69*	270±61*	369±63*
	Mb	18±3	40±14*	55±16*	61±15*	52±22*	69±20*	80±23*	59±18*	40±16*	62±17*

Baseline: baseline measurements, 1-9: days 1-9 shown in Figure 1.*: a significant (P<0.05) difference from the baseline value. Italic values are the same as those shown in Figure 3.