Main blood markers of muscle damage and inflammation.

Data are mean values ± SD (n = 11). PRE/POST/D+2/D+5/D+9/D+16 are the measurements performed immediately before, after and 2, 5, 9 and 16 days after the race.$$: P$$$:Psignificance of t-test between PRE and POST (n = 22).**:P***: Psignificance level of pairwise comparisons between PRE and every other measurements (parametric tests).++: P+++: Psignificance level of pairwise comparisons between PRE and every other measurement (nonparametric tests, Pa: For C-reactive protein, data −1 were noted 2 mg · L−1. Values of total proteins, urea, aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase as well as Δ changes from PRE values, Cohen's d and 95% Confidence Intervals are given in File S2.