About the Authors

Heros Ribeiro Ferreira

Contributed equally to this work with: Heros Ribeiro Ferreira, Pamela Gill Ferreira, João Paulo Loures, Hudson Sousa Buck, Wagner Ricardo Montor

heros.esporte@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Physiological Sciences, Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Affiliation Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Pamela Gill Ferreira

Contributed equally to this work with: Heros Ribeiro Ferreira, Pamela Gill Ferreira, João Paulo Loures, Hudson Sousa Buck, Wagner Ricardo Montor

Affiliation Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

João Paulo Loures

Contributed equally to this work with: Heros Ribeiro Ferreira, Pamela Gill Ferreira, João Paulo Loures, Hudson Sousa Buck, Wagner Ricardo Montor

Affiliation University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

José Fernandes Filho

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Luiz Cláudio Fernandes

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Hudson Sousa Buck

Contributed equally to this work with: Heros Ribeiro Ferreira, Pamela Gill Ferreira, João Paulo Loures, Hudson Sousa Buck, Wagner Ricardo Montor

Affiliation Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Wagner Ricardo Montor

Contributed equally to this work with: Heros Ribeiro Ferreira, Pamela Gill Ferreira, João Paulo Loures, Hudson Sousa Buck, Wagner Ricardo Montor

Affiliation Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HRF HSB. Performed the experiments: HRF WRM. Analyzed the data: HRF WRM JPL HSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRF WRM JPL. Wrote the paper: HRF PGF JPL. Reviewed and revised the statistics: HRF WRM. Helped in the discussion of data and translation: JPL LCF JFF. Helped with data collection and statistics: PGF. Collected data: HRF WRM. Researched: HRF.