Effects of light emitting diode (LED) therapy and cold water immersion therapy on exercise-induced muscle damage in rats.
RatOtherWistarMalen = 32 male Wistar rats allocated to four groups (control, exer…Transcutaneous irradiation of both gastrocnemius muscles940 nm, 4 J/cm2 per gastrocnemius muscleImmediately after the swimming bout and blood sampling
Model: Exercise-induced muscle damage from a single acute 100 minute swimming bout
The LED group showed fewer areas of muscle damage and inflammatory cell infiltration and lower creatine kinase activity than the exercised untreated group, and fewer areas of damaged muscle fibre than cold water immersion. Neither treatment reduced oedema area, and neither affected leukocyte counts.
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