Table 2. Mean differences (MD) and lower as well as upper limits of the 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) between the pBFR and BFR condition for performance, physiological, and perceptual measures.
|
MD (95%
CI) [pBFR – BFR] |
| Systolic
blood flow velocity [cm·s-1] |
-0.8 (-3.2
to 1.6)### |
| Maximal
voluntary torque |
Pre [Nm] |
-3.3 (-9.5
to 3.0)#### |
| Post
[Nm] |
3.2
(-14.4 to 20.7)## |
| Percentage
decline [%] |
-0.9 (-8.2
to 6.4)### |
| Maximal
muscle activity during MVIC |
Pre
[μV] |
-5.0
(-49.0 to 39.1)### |
| Post [μV] |
-12.6 (-56.7
to 31.4)## |
| Percentage
decline [%] |
1.1
(-7.2 to 9.3)## |
| Muscle
activity during exercise [% of sEMG-MVIC] |
Set 1 |
0.6 (-3.4
to 4.6)### |
| Set
2 |
-0.4
(-4.4 to 3.5)### |
| Set 3 |
-0.6 (-4.6
to 3.4)### |
| Set
4 |
-1.1
(-5.0 to 2.9)### |
| SmO2
during sets [%] (%-change from baseline) |
Set 1 |
-1.1 (-9.5
to 7.3)### |
| Set
2 |
1.1
(-7.3 to 9.5)### |
| Set 3 |
2.3 (-6.1
to 10.7)#### |
| Set
4 |
-1.7
(-6.6 to 10.1)### |
| SmO2
during rest intervals [%] (%-change from baseline) |
Rest 1 |
3.1 (-4.4
to 10.)### |
| Rest
2 |
6.3
(-1.1 to 13.8)### |
| Rest 3 |
6.6 (-0.9
to 14.0)### |
| tHb
during sets [a. u.] (%-change from baseline) |
Set
1 |
-1.0
(-1.9 to 0.5)## |
| Set 2 |
-0.7 (-1.8
to 0.4)### |
| Set
3 |
-0.9
(-1.9 to 0.2)### |
| Set 4 |
-1.2 (-2.2
to -0.1)### |
| tHb
during rest intervals [a. u.] (%-change from baseline) |
Rest
1 |
-0.8
(-1.9 to 0.2)### |
| Rest 2 |
-1.0 (-2.1
to 0.0)### |
| Rest
3 |
-1.2
(-2.3 to -0.1)### |
| Effort
perception [a. u.] |
Set 1 |
0.3 (-1.1
to 1.7) |
| Set
2 |
0.3
(-1.1 to 1.7) |
| Set 3 |
0.3 (-1.1
to 1.7) |
| Set
4 |
0.3
(-1.1 to 1.7)## |
| Exercise-induced
leg muscle pain perception [a. u.] |
Set 1 |
-0.0 (-1.4
to 1.3)## |
| Set
2 |
-0.1
(-1.4 to 1.3)## |
| Set 3 |
-0.1 (-1.5
to 1.2)## |
| Set
4 |
-0.2
(-1.6 to 1.2)### |
| Cuff
pressure-induced discomfort perception [a. u.] |
Pre |
-0.6 (-1.3
to 0.1)## |
| Post |
-1.1
(-1.8 to -0.4)### |
MVIC: maximum voluntary isometric contraction, sEMG: surface electromyography, S
mO
2: muscle oxygenation, tHb: total hemoglobin concentration. Significant correlation between conditions (Pearson’s r / Spearman’s Ï) are presented as follows:
#weak = 0.1-0.39
##moderate = 0.4-0.69
###strong = 0.7-0.89
####very strong = 0.9-1.0.
