Table 3.

Central and cerebrovascular hemodynamics in response to sit‐to‐stand

	Athletes	Controls	P‐values
n	16	7
Onset of regulation (sec)	3.1 ± 1.7	1.5 ± 1.0	0.03
∆ Mean arterial pressure to nadir (mmHg)	−26 ± 10	−21 ± 5	0.11
∆ Middle cerebral artery mean blood velocity to nadir (cm/sec)	−15 ± 5	−11 ± 7	0.11
∆ Mean arterial pressure to nadir (%baseline)	−27 ± 10	−22 ± 5	0.25
∆ Middle cerebral artery mean blood velocity to nadir (%baseline)	−25 ± 7	−18 ± 1	0.09
Rate of regulation (sec−1)	0.24 ± 0.18	0.21 ± 0.22	0.82

Values are mean ± SD.