Table 4. The effect of the whole training program on blood hydrogen peroxide, cytokines and heat shock proteins concentrations . Values are means (± SD).
Variables |
Directly after tournament season 1 |
3rd of the rest, before the camp 2 |
After the conditioning camp 3 |
F |
P Value |
Effect size |
Test Power (α = .05) |
H2O2 (µmol.mL-1) |
10.79 (1.80) 3# |
9.75 ( 2.70) |
8.25 (1.40) 1 |
7.09 |
.003 |
.33 |
.90 |
IL-1β (pg.mL-1) |
2.98 (2.50) 2#,3# |
1.13 (.80) 1 |
.79 (.20) 1 |
8.89 |
.001 |
.39 |
.95 |
TNFα (pg.mL-1) |
4.05 (.50) 2# |
2.97 (.40) 3* |
3.69 (1.00) 2 |
7.21 |
.002 |
.34 |
.90 |
IL-6 (pg.mL-1) |
1.30 (.50) |
1.36 (.40) |
1.66 (1.20) |
.79 |
.460 |
.05 |
.17 |
IL-10 (pg.mL-1) |
9.33 (.90) 3 |
9.27 (.90) 3# |
12.23 (3.30) |
11.89 |
.0001 |
.46 |
.98 |
Hsp27 (pg.mL-1) |
298 (54) 2,3 |
983 (320) 1 |
1029 (341) 1 |
5.94 |
.007 |
.30 |
.84 |
Hsp70 (ng.mL-1) |
4.74 (.90) 2,3 |
3.62 (.67) 1 |
3.45 (.71) 1 |
6.06 |
.006 |
.30 |
.84 |
CK (IU.L-1) |
307 (217) 3* |
149 (75) 3 |
487 (197) 1,2 |
12.71 |
.0001 |
.47 |
.99 |
ns - non significant differences, η- effect size expressed as partial eta, HO- hydrogen peroxide; IL-1β - interleukin 1β; TNFα - tumour necrosis factor α; IL-6 interleukin 6; IL-10 - interleukin 10; Hsp27 and Hsp70 - heat shock proteins 27kDA and 70kDa.Superscript*, superscript# and superscript denote p < 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 respectively between the groups by Tukey’ HSD.