Muscle Damage and Recovery During a Basketball Competition

Abstract

Muscle damage is characterized by increased serum enzyme levels at blood serum level. The present study aimed to investigate the biochemical variability of the muscle damage indicators at blood serum level such as creatine kinase (CK), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and myoglobin (MYB) of the players who had played on four successive days and been subjected to recovery protocol after the contest. 20 healthy men basketball players (