Table 4.

Pressure pain thresholds with a strain gauge algometer measured 1–2 days post-race, based on ITT.

	Protein n = 74 a	Placebo n = 74	p-value
M. vastus lateralis, N	73.8 ± 29.4	82.7 ± 33.5	0.088
M. rectus femoris, N	81.5 ± 31.0	92.4 ± 31.1	0.034
M. vastus medialis, N	61.6 ± 25.4	74.0 ± 30.0	0.007
Average 3 muscles, N	72.3 ± 26.1	83.1 ± 28.0	0.017

Data are presented as mean ± SD. M, musculus; ITT, Intention-to-treat analysis. ^a One participant was excluded due to an invalid measurement. p-values for differences between groups were derived by independent samples t-test.