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.