Occlusion Training During Specific Futsal Training Improves Aspects of Physiological and Physical Performance

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
Variables	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).