Table 1.

Means ± SD of the time-trial characteristics, the absolute TSI% values in the final three strokes of the time-trial and the slope of the recovery in muscle oxygenation throughout the time-trial for both long-track as well as short-track time-trials (N = 12).

	Means (SD)		F-value (sign.)
	Long-track	Short-track
TIME-TRIAL CHARACTERISTICS
Completion time (sec)	63.45 ± 2.90	60.94 ± 2.20	P = 0.005*
Velocity (km · h−1)	44.4 ± 2.0	38.3 ± 1.5	P < 0.001*
Acceleration (km · min−2)	−7.2 ± 2.9	−11.0 ± 2.5	P = 0.005*
VO2mean (ml · kg−1 · min−1)	59.7 ± 3.6	57.8 ± 3.7	P = 0.019*
Lactate (mmol · l−1)	10.5 ± 1.5	11.0 ± 1.1	P = 0.356
Heart rate (min−1)	178.8 ± 5.8	179.6 ± 6.6	P = 0.609
ABSOLUTE TSI% IN THE FINAL THREE STROKES OF THE TIME-TRIAL
Left leg	51.5 ± 5.9	50.8 ± 5.4
Right leg	50.2 ± 4.0	46.4 ± 6.7
Left LT vs. Left ST			P = 0.405
Right LT vs. Right ST			P = 0.028*
Left ST vs. Right ST			P = 0.005†
Left LT vs. Right LT			P = 0.358
SLOPE OF THE MUSCLE OXYGENATION RECOVERY DURING
TIME-TRIALS ΔTSI% Slope (ΔTSI% · min−1)
Left leg	5.3 ± 3.2	5.0 ± 5.2
Right leg	2.3 ± 2.0	0.1 ± 5.3
Left LT vs. Left ST			P = 0.825
Right LT vs. Right ST			P = 0.049*
Left ST vs. Right ST			P = 0.001†
Left LT vs. Right LT			P < 0.001†
ΔHbO2 Slope (μM · cm · min−1)
Left leg	227.2 ± 78.6	165.5 ± 35.5
Right leg	200.1 ± 117.6	112.8 ± 61.6
Left LT vs. Left ST			P = 0.489
Right LT vs. Right ST			P = 0.004*
Left ST vs. Right ST			P = 0.017†
Left LT vs. Right LT			P = 0.507
ΔHHb Slope (μM · cm · min−1)
Left leg	5.6 ± 21.8	−4.9 ± 38.0
Right leg	−13.1 ± 10.3	6.8 ± 45.1
Left LT vs. Left ST			P = 0.540
Right LT vs. Right ST			P = 0.151
Left ST vs. Right ST			P = 0.493
Left LT vs. Right LT			P = 0.087
ΔtHb Slope (μM · cm · min−1)
Left leg	102.8 ± 59.7	80.3 ± 26.4
Right leg	107.0 ± 39.4	59.8 ± 15.1
Left LT vs. Left ST			P = 0.407
Right LT vs. Right ST			P = 0.008*
Left ST vs. Right ST			P = 0.012†
Left LT vs. Right LT			P = 0.842

^*Significant difference between skating mode (p < 0.05)

^†Significant difference between both legs (p < 0.05).