Table 3 Mean (95% CI) difference within groups for the indices of muscle damage in the studied groups

CK (U/L)

46.3

(6.7 to 85.8)

47.0

(7.4 to 86.5)

35.5

(− 4.1 to 75.1)

414.2

(307.8 to 520.6)

425.2

(318.8 to 531.6)

372.3

(265.9 to 478.7)

295.8

(172.0 to 419.6)

349.3

(225.4 to 473.1)

324.2

(200.4 to 448.0)

LDH (U/L)

6.0

(− 18.9 to 30.8)

2.4

(− 22.5 to 27.2)

3.8

(− 21.1 to 28.6)

 − 2.2

(− 26.6 to 22.2)

 − 2.1

(− 26.5 to 22.3)

 − 2.3

(− 26.7 to 22.1)

 − 1.5

(− 26.6 to 23.5)

 − 2.5

(− 27.6 to 22.5)

 − 6.8

(− 31.8 to 18.2)

VAS (0–100 mm)

3.6

(0.1 to 7.1)

7.1

(3.5 to 10.6)

5.2

(1.7 to 8.7)

37

(30.5 to 43.5)

38.8

(32.3 to 45.3)

34.6

(28.1 to 41.1)

37.1

(32.9 to 41.2)

38.8

(34.7 to 42.9)

33.7

(29.6 to 37.9)

ROM (°)

 − 3.1

(− 5.8 to − 0.5)

 − 1.8

(− 4.5 to 0.9)

 − 1.7

(− 4.4 to 0.9)

 − 3.0

(− 6.2 to 0.2)

 − 1.9

(− 5.0 to 1.3)

 − 4.1

(− 7.2 to

 − 0.9)

 − 1.9

(− 4.5 to 0.6)

 − 2.8

(− 5.4 to − 0.2)

 − 3.4

(− 6.0 to − 0.8)

QPT (Nm)

 − 15.5

(− 35.5 to 4.4)

 − 18.8

(− 38.8 to 1.1)

 − 19.1

(− 39.0 to 0.9)

 − 22.1

(− 42.9 to

 − 1.2)

 − 24.7

(− 45.6 to

 − 3.9)

 − 24.5

(− 45.3 to − 36.6)

 − 20.9

(− 41.7 to 1.3)

 − 18.9

(− 44.3 to − 1.3)

 − 19.1

(− 40.1 to 2.0)

H: Q ratio

1.6

(− 3.0 to 6.3)

1.8

(− 2.9 to 6.4)

3.0

(− 1.6 to 7.7)

5.4

(0.3 to 10.5)

7.0

(1.9 to 12.1)

5.1

(0.0 to 10.2)

2.9

(− 0.6 to 7.1)

6.3

(2.2 to 9.8)

4.7

(1.0 to 8.5)