Objective: The purpose of this study,focusing on oxidative stress of the production and cleanup of free radical, is to investigate the recovery mechanism of mild-pressure hyperbaric therapy after high intensity training so as to provide theoretical basis and experiment support for the application of mild-pressure hyperbaric therapy to after-training recovery.Method: Thirty male SD rats (8 week old)were selected after the adaptability exercise from forty rats, and they were randomly divided into three groups: control group(C), quiet rest after high intensity exercise group(HQ, 28m/min,10°slope), mild-pressure hyperbaric therapy after high intensity exercise group(HM), with ten rats in each group. Oxygen concentration of mild-pressure hyperbaric therapy was about 26%, and the pressure was 3.6PSI. The rats did exercise for 1h/d, 5d/week and 8 weeks in total. The rats of HM immediately received mild-pressure hyperbaric therapy for 1h after the exercise. 24h after the last exercise in the 8th week, they were anesthetized and their left gastrocnemius was cut for the test of oxidative stress indicators and the observation of the tissue morphology of gastrocnemius.Result:(1)The time to exhaustion of HM group was significantly longer than that of HQ group(P<0.05);(2)The MDA level of HQ group was significantly higher than those of C group and HM group(P<0.05). SOD activity of HM group was significantly higher than that of C group(P<0.05). GSH-PX activity of HM group was higher than those of C group and HQ group.(3)Compared to C group,the skeletal muscle injury of HM group and HQ group was slighter, and the injury of HM group was even slighter than that of HQ group.Conclusion: High intensity training can lead to skeletal muscle oxidative stress injury and result in poor sport performance. Mild-pressure hyperbaric therapy can enhance the activity of antioxidant enzyme of skeletal muscle, reduce the lipid peroxidation and therefore improve exercise capacity. |