• Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.252-257
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• 2004

The purpose of this study was to investigate the variation in constituent element of blood between the massage group and non-massage group in the period of convalescence after giving intense physical exercise for ten T'ae-Kwondo martial artists. In the variations of red blood cells, white blood cells, hematocrit, hemoglobin and blood platelet, levels decreased during the rest time after physical exercise, but the subjects in the massage group showed lower tendency than the subjects in the non-massage group after physical exercise. The variation of calcium showed an ascension tendency in the massage group after physical exercise. Creatine phosphokinase was increased after physical exercise, but it showed a tendency of rapid decrease in the massage group. Lactic acid showed a variation increase after physical exercise. It showed a tendency of decrease during the rest time in the non-massage group, but it was increased after sports massage. The variation of blood glucose was increased after physical exercise. It was maintained in the massage group after physical exercise in contrast to the non-massage group whose levels decreased during the rest time.