Table 3.
One-session massage effect on heart rate variability.
|
HRV values Mean (95% CI) (n = 18) |
P values | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (B) | During massage (D) | After massage (A) | Repeated measures ANOVA |
Pairwise comparison | |||
| B~D | B~A | D~A | |||||
| lnHF | 1.63 (0.26 to 3.01) | 2.02 (0.65 to 3.39) | 1.69 (0.38 to 2.99) | 0.03 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.05 |
| lnLF | 2.44 (1.13 to 3.76) | 2.78 (1.5 to 4.07) | 2.59 (1.39 to 3.78) | 0.046 | 0.026 | 1 | 0.34 |
| Normalized HF, n.u. | 0.33 (0.23 to 0.44) | 0.33 (0.24 to 0.42) | 0.32 (0.22 to 0.43) | 0.9 | NA | NA | NA |
| Normalized LF, n.u. | 0.67 (0.56 to 0.77) | 0.67 (0.58 to 0.76) | 0.68 (0.57 to 0.78) | 0.9 | NA | NA | NA |
| LF/HF | 3.28 (1.98 to 4.59) | 3.34 (2.22 to 4.45) | 3.81 (2.1 to 5.52) | 0.54 | NA | NA | NA |
HRV: heart rate variability; HF: high frequency; LF: low frequency.
Normalized HF: HF/(HF + LF); normalized LF: LF/(HF + LF).
B (baseline): five minutes before massage; D (during massage): the mean of five-minute intervals during massage process; A (after massage): five minutes after massage.