Table 4.
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients between movement quality and each of the five economy variables during each pattern.
| Variables | Correlation of variable with movement quality rating of the same pattern | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| running | flutter kick | breaststroke | eggbeater | |||||
| r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| HR | -.12 | .40 | -.07 | .60 | -.29 | .035 | -.42 | .002 |
| V̇O2 | -.13 | .35 | -.08 | .59 | -.27 | .058 | -.38 | .006 |
| PRT | -.09 | .55 | -.22 | .12 | -.37 | .007 | -.39 | .004 |
| RPE | -.08 | .56 | -.27 | .05 | -.44 | .001 | -.70 | .001 |
| TLX raw | -.05 | .72 | -.24 | .09 | -.42 | .002 | -.66 | .001 |
| TLX cog | -.02 | .90 | -.234 | .10 | -.446 | .001 | -.75 | .001 |
Abbreviations: HR = heart rate, RPE = rating of perceived exertion, PRT = probe reaction time, V̇ O2= oxygen consumption relative to body weight, TLXcog = cognitive subscale of NASA TLX.