Table 3. Hormonal responses and cellular damage prior to and following training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes for the control and hyperbaric oxygen therapy conditions (n = 11).

	Control				Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
	Pre	Post	Post 2h	Post 24h	Pre	Post	Post 2h	Post 24h
Cortisol (ng/ml) *,**	10.4 ± 2.6	18.1 ± 4.7	8.1 ± 1.8	15.6 ± 4.1	11.6 ± 3.2	19.3 ± 4.6	6.5 ± 2.0	15.6 ± 3.5
Testosterone (ng/ml) ‡	449 ± 195	429 ± 137	316 ± 116	467 ± 149	435 ± 129	435 ± 144	314 ± 138	441 ± 152
CK (U/L) *, **	365 ± 144	503 ± 179	511 ± 163	562 ± 335	327 ± 132	508 ± 270	502 ± 322	489 ± 281
AST (U/L) *, **	28 ± 6	36 ± 7	33 ± 8	33 ± 8	27 ± 4	35 ± 6	33 ± 6	33 ± 8
ALT (U/L) *, **, ǂ, #	36 ± 11	45 ± 15	43 ± 16	44 ± 14	41 ± 9	46 ± 10	42 ± 10	42 ± 9
LDH (U/L) **	204 ± 33	243 ± 48	244 ± 55	199 ± 39	186 ± 31	230 ± 35	221 ± 41	197 ± 47

Note: data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation; CK = creatine kinase; AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; LDH = lactate dehydrogenase

* = difference in pre-training and both post-training and post 24 h between experimental conditions (P < 0.001)

** = difference in post 2 h and pre-training for both experimental conditions (P < 0.05)

‡ = difference in post 2 hours and all time points for both experimental conditions (P < 0.001)

ǂ = difference in the pre-training between experimental conditions (P < 0.001)

# = difference in post 24 h when compared with post-training and post 2 h between experimental conditions (P < 0.05)