Closing volume and slope of phase III values in athletes and control subjects before and after exercise at the time of the evaluation periods
| Athletes | Controls | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BET | PrC | C | BET | C | ||||||
| Rest | Recovery | Rest | Recovery | Rest | Recovery | Rest | Recovery | Rest | Recovery | |
| BET, basic endurance training; PrC, pre-competition; C, competition. Within-group effects: *significantly different from BET (p<0.01); †significantly different from rest (p<0.05); between-groups effects: ‡significantly different from the athletic group (p<0.01). | ||||||||||
| Slope of phase III (%/litre) | 1.78 (0.23) | 1.82 (0.28) | 2.55 (0.42)* | 2.45 (0.39)* | 2.10 (0.42)* | 2.41 (0.36)* | 1.38 (0.24) | 1.50 (0.20) | 1.04 (0.13)‡ | 1.14 (0.15)‡ |
| Closing volume (%) | 8.0 (0.7) | 9.4 (0.4)† | 7.1 (0.4) | 8.5 (0.6)† | 8.3 (0.4) | 9.0 (0.4)† | 11.6 (0.6) | 11.6 (1.4) | 11.3 (0.7) | 10.3 (0.3) |