. 2024 Aug 30;15:1428554. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1428554

TABLE 4.

Effect of a single session of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) on blood lactate concentration (x±SD).

Groups	Pre-training (mmol/L)	Immediately after WBC (mmol/L)	5 min after WBC (mmol/L)	15 min after WBC (mmol/L)	p-value
Groups	Pre-training (mmol/L)	Immediately after WBC (mmol/L)	5 min after WBC (mmol/L)	15 min after WBC (mmol/L)	Interaction (η ²)	Group (η ²)	Time (η ²)
WBC	0.9 ± 0.1	12.8 ± 1.2^*&	10.2 ± 1.3^*&	1.9 ± 0.2^*	0.013 (0.745)	0.025 (0.532)	<0.01 (0.857)
CON	0.9 ± 0.1	14.7 ± 1.3^*	12.4 ± 1.6^*	1.9 ± 0.3^*	0.013 (0.745)	0.025 (0.532)	<0.01 (0.857)

CON, control group. *significant difference compared to pre-training, p < 0.05; ^&significant difference between the two groups at the same test time, p < 0.05.