Table 1. Anaerobic and aerobic variables (pre and post training) for BFR and non-BFR groups. Data are means ± SD.
Variables BFR non-BFR Group difference
Pre-
training
Post-
training
∆ Change
(%)
Pre-
training
Post-
training
∆ Change
(%)
P value ES
Aerobic tests (Treadmill)
VO2max (ml·kg-1·min-1) 44.0 ± 5.7 48.7 ± 5.3 11.1 ± 4.1 37.1 ± 5.2 39.8 ± 6.6 6.8 ± 3.7 0.11 0.22
vVO2max (km·h-1) 15.8 ± 0.9 16.4 ± 1.1 4.2 ± 3.2 14.9 ± 0.7 15.3 ± 0.9 2.2 ± 1.7 0.22 0.28
TTF (s) 259.8 ± 15.4 285.8 ± 14.5 10.0 ± 5.0 244.2 ± 12.9 253.5 ± 11.4 3.9 ± 2.2 0.04# 0.76
O2 Cost (L·min-1) 0.23 ± 0.04 0.18 ± 0.03 -22.7 ± 10.3 0.20 ± 0.02 0.19 ± 0.01 -4.2± 11.31 0.01# -1.32
Anaerobic tests (WANT)
Peak power (W·kg-1) 10.0 ± 1.5 11.2 ± 1.8 12.7 ± 7.9 10.6 ± 1.0 11.1 ± 1.1 4.8 ± 5.1 0.08 0.55
Average power (W·kg-1) 7.0 ± 0.5 7.8 ± 0.4 12.2 ± 6.7 7.2 ± 0.5 7.4 ± 0.5 1.7 ± 6.4 0.03# 1.32
Minimum power (W·kg-1) 3.9 ± 0.4 4.9 ± 0.8 24.3 ± 17.0 3.9 ± 0.8 4.1 ± 0.6 7.2 ± 11.4 0.09 0.86
BFR, blood flow restriction; TTF, run time to fatigue; ES, effect size.# Significant difference between groups (p < 0.05);* Significant difference within group (p < 0.05).