Table 4.

Categorical analysis of muscle soreness during moderate-intensity exercise.

	Baseline			Day 1			Day 3
	Protein	Placebo	p Value	Protein	Placebo	p Value	Protein	Placebo	p Value
Calves
No pain	44 (88)	49 (92)	0.52	31 (69)	34 (67)	1.00	33 (70)	34 (38)	0.87
Mild pain	6 (12)	4 (8)		14 (28)	16 (31)		13 (28)	15 (30)
Moderate pain	0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	1 (2)		1 (2)	1 (2)
Severe pain	0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	0 (0)
Thighs
No pain	46 (92)	50 (94)	0.71	31 (67)	38 (74)		29 (63)	31 (62)	0.67
Mild pain	4 (8)	3 (6)		15 (33)	11 (22)	0.26	16 (35)	19 (38)
Moderate pain	0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	2 (4)		1 (2)	0 (0)
Severe pain	0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	0 (0)
Glutes
No pain	43 (86)	51 (96)	0.09	36 (82)	43 (84)	0.88	40 (85)	43 (86)	1.00
Mild pain	7 (14)	2 (4)		8 (19)	7 (14)		7 (15)	7 (14)
Moderate pain	0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	1 (2)		0 (0)	0 (0)
Severe pain	0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)	0 (0)

Data are presented as n (%). p-values were derived from Fisher’s exact test.