Table 3. Muscle oxygen saturation (SmO2). SmO2 in the vastus lateralis (VL) and gastrocnemius (GA) during each stage are presented.
SmO2
(% of BL)
IPC
Sham
P-value
(ES)
Vastus
Lateralis (VL)
BL
100
100
INT
89.7
± 7.1*
101.5
± 1.4
0.001
(0.76)
REC
106.6 ±
5.9*
100.5 ±
2.8
0.028 (0.55)
EX1
95.7
± 4.8
91.6
± 10.2
0.701
(0.25)
EX2
69.2 ±
25.2
63.5 ±
36.5
0.974 (0.09)
Gastrocnemius
(GA)
BL
100
100
INT
96.2 ±
4.6*
103.6 ±
3.6
0.001 (0.67)
REC
105.7
± 1.4
102.1
± 4.4
0.085
(0.48)
EX1
79.1 ±
18.9
74.2 ±21.3
0.984 (0.12)
EX2
55.0
± 32.8
51.0
± 29.3
0.999
(0.06)
BL, baseline; INT, intervention; REC, recovery; EX1, 6-min running at constant moderate intensity; EX2, time-to-exhaustion running test at high intensity. Data are presented as mean ± SD, n = 12.