Table 1. Systolic and diastolic blood pressur, mean arterial pressure and heart rate mean ± standard deviation values for each stretch group over the testing periods.
Pre-test
45-s
90-s
2-min
Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP: mmHg)
Single Leg Raise
125.5 ± 12.3
135.3 ± 16.3
136.5 ± 16.7
127.1 ± 15.0
PNF
131.0 ± 15.7
137.6 ± 16.7
142.3 ± 18.2
132.2 ± 14.7
Sit and Reach
125.1 ± 13.7
136.6 ± 16.7
141.3 ± 18.9
127.5 ± 15.9
Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP: mmHg)
Single Leg Raise
72.02 ± 8.2
76.1 ± 10.4 *#
76.4 ± 10.7 *†
71.6 ± 9.4 †
PNF
75.6 ± 8.6
81.0 ± 9.04 *
80.4 ± 9.5 *†
75.5 ± 8.1 †
Sit and Reach
69.5 ± 8.6
80.2 ± 10.2 *
79.9 ± 11.1 *
73.6 ± 9.8
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)
Single Leg Raise
89.9 ± 10.4
96.9 ± 11.5 *#
98.5 ± 12.4 *†
89.9 ± 11.04 †
PNF
96.1 ± 12.1
102.9 ± 12.5 *
103.9 ± 13.1 *†
96.2 ± 11.2 †
Sit and Reach
88.0 ± 9.9
102.4 ± 12.5 *
104.0 ± 14.0 *
94.2 ± 10.9
Heart Rate (HR: beats/min)
Single Leg Raise
64 ± 10
67 ± 13 *
67 ± 12 *
65 ± 12
PNF
62 ± 11
68 ± 10 *†
69 ± 11 *†
61 ± 10 †
Sit and Reach
63 ± 11
74 ± 13 *†
74 ± 14 *†
67 ± 13 †
The asperand († ) symbol shows significant differences between the two stretches at those time points (MAP: PNF>SLR, HR: SR>PNF).
Hashtags (#) indicate significant differences between SLR and the other two groups at that time point.
For each stretch group and testing time, the 45-s and 90-s values significantly (*) exceeded the pre-test and 2-min post-tests with the exception of systolic blood pressure (no significant interaction).