Table 4. Measures of arterial stiffness at rest and during recovery from high-intensity battling rope exercise. Data are mean ± standard deviation.
|
Rest |
10 minutes |
30 minutes |
60 minutes |
| cf-PWV, m/s |
Men |
5.9 ± 0.7 |
6.2 ± 0.7† |
6.0 ± 0.8 |
5.7 ± 0.8‡§ |
| Women |
5.4 ± 0.8 |
5.7 ± 1.0† |
5.4 ± 0.7 |
5.1 ± 0.5‡§ |
| CCA compliance, mm2/kPa |
Men |
0.22 ± 0.07 |
0.18 ± 0.09 |
0.20 ± 0.06† |
0.23 ± 0.09‡§ |
| Women |
0.26 ± 0.10 |
0.18 ± 0.6 |
0.16 ± 0.06† |
0.27 ± 0.09‡§ |
| ß-stiffness, U |
Men |
3.2 ± 1.1 |
4.0 ± 1.5 |
3.5 ± 1.6 |
3.3 ± 1.5§ |
| Women |
2.6 ± 1.0 |
3.6 ± 1.6 |
4.3 ± 1.7 |
2.4 ± 0.8§ |
Cf-PWV, Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity; CCA, Common carotid artery.† p ≤ 0.05, significantly different from Rest;‡p ≤ 0.05, significantly different from 10 minutes;§p ≤ 0.05, significantly different from 30 minutes.
