Table 3.

Functional resistance training on the echocardiographic parameters.

Indicators	(n = 8)	Pre-test	Post-test	p-value/(post)	Figure 3
LVESd (cm)	Control group	3.92 ± 0.46	3.90 ± 0.50	> 0.05	a
	Test group	3.36 ± 0.32	3.18 ± 0.44	0.338
	p-value	0.062	0.044
LVEDd (cm)	Control group	4.80 ± 0.45	4.78 ± 0.46	0.37	b
	Test group	4.40 ± 0.16	5.02 ± 0.16	0.04
	p-value	0.118	0.327
LVVd (mL)	Control group	136.67 ± 13.58	135.00 ± 13.00	0.130	c
	Test group	124.60 ± 16.13	132.80 ± 17.70	0.001
	p-value	0.322	0.859
LVVS (mL)	Control group	63.33 ± 11.55	63.00 ± 11.27	0.423	d
	Test group	52.60 ± 11.78	51.60 ± 11.72	0.089
	p-value	0.256	0.226
SV (mL)	Control group	73.33 ± 2.08	71.67 ± 1.53	0.367	e
	Test group	71.00 ± 7.00	81.20 ± 7.26	0.004
	p-value	0.604	0.072
CO (mL/min)	Control group	5502.20 ± 65.46	5439.40 ± 106.37	0.208	f
	Test group	5230.20 ± 422.33	5872.60 ± 456.55	< 0.001
	p-value	0.192	0.073
FS (%)	Control group	16.90 ± 4.66	16.97 ± 4.63	0.959	g
	Test group	23.64 ± 6.13	36.50 ± 10.23	0.035
	p-value	0.155	0.022
EF (%)	Control group	53.87 ± 4.10	53.33 ± 4.30	0.150	h
	Test group	57.20 ± 3.90	61.46 ± 4.32	0.003
	p-value	0.294	0.042	–-

Left ventricle during end-systole dimensions (LVESd, cm), left ventricle during end-diastole dimensions (LVEDd, cm), left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVVs, mL), left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVVd, mL), stroke volume (SV, mL), cardiac outputs (CO, mL/min), fractional shortening (FS, %), ejection fraction (EF, %).

Data are presented as means ± SD.