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Table 3.

Statistical summary of the effect of Aqua Titan-treated stockings worn during the 62-h recovery period after an uphill walk on muscle microvascular blood flow and oxygen consumption at rest and during 10% and 20% plantar flexion exercise, relative to the pre-walk baseline.

Contrast ^a	Change	Lower CI	Upper CI	p-Value	Likelihood (%) Decrease/Trivial/Increase	Qualitative ^b
mBF (mL·min⁻¹·100 mL⁻¹)					Resting mBF (mL·min⁻¹·100 mL⁻¹)
14 h–BL AqT–Control	0.0715	−0.0918	0.235	0.368	10.0/18.5/71.5	Unclear
38 h–BL AqT–Control	−0.0629	−0.171	0.0455	0.225	76.6/20.1/3.3	Likely decrease
62 h–BL AqT–Control	0.0413	−0.0372	0.120	0.269	2.75/32.1/65.2	Possible increase
					10% Exercise mBF (mL·min⁻¹·100 mL⁻¹)
14 h–BL AqT–Control	−0.141	−0.536	0.253	0.436	35.0/62.5/2.5	Possibly trivial
38 h–BL AqT–Control	−0.154	−0.839	0.531	0.628	42.6/45.4/12.0	Unclear
62 h–BL AqT–Control	0.174	−0.529	0.876	0.593	11.3/43.5/45.2	Unclear
					20% Exercise mBF (mL·min⁻¹·100 mL⁻¹)
14 h–BL AqT–Control	0.752	−1.24	2.75	0.407	6.52/34.9/58.6	Unclear
38 h–BL AqT–Control	0.104	−0.736	0.944	0.788	4.54/83.3/12.2	Likely trivial
62 h–BL AqT–Control	0.443	−0.703	1.59	0.409	2.81/56.5/40.7	Possibly trivial
mVO₂ (mLO₂·min⁻¹·100g⁻¹)					Resting mVO₂ (mLO₂·min⁻¹·100 g⁻¹)
14 h–BL AqT–Control	−0.0155	−0.0382	0.0072	0.154	86.6/11.1/2.24	Likely decrease
38 h–BL AqT–Control	0.0052	−0.0030	0.0134	0.188	0.55/42.2/57.3	Possible increase
62 h–BL AqT–Control	−0.0051	−0.0135	0.0034	0.212	55.8/43.5/0.74	Possible decrease
					10% Exercise mVO₂ (mLO₂·min⁻¹·100 g⁻¹)
14 h–BL AqT–Control	−0.0852	−0.238	0.0677	0.236	60.5/38.1/1.33	Possible decrease
38 h–BL AqT–Control	−0.0033	−0.104	0.0970	0.943	8.89/84.3/6.84	Unclear
62 h–BL AqT–Control	0.0310	−0.149	0.211	0.707	11.6/55.5/32.9	Unclear
					20% Exercise mVO₂ (mLO₂·min⁻¹·100 g⁻¹)
14 h–BL AqT–Control	−0.0973	−0.291	0.0960	0.284	54.6/43.6/1.77	Possible decrease
38 h–BL AqT–Control	0.0508	−0.215	0.317	0.680	12.7/49.3/38.1	Unclear
62 h–BL AqT–Control	0.144	−0.229	0.516	0.411	8.5/28.4/63.0	Unclear

^a Data for each contrast are 14-h baseline, 38-h baseline and 62-h baseline. ^b The threshold for the smallest worthwhile change for a mechanism was 0.2 × SD [18]. The likelihood that a contrast was at least greater than the Cohen d threshold was: 25–75% possible; 75–95% likely; 95–99.5% very likely; >99.5% almost certain. Unclear refers to outcomes where the likelihood of both an increase and decrease exceeded 5% [18]. BL = baseline; AqT = Aqua Titan; 95% CI = confidence interval; mBF = muscle blood flow; mVO₂ = muscle oxygen consumption; Hb = hemoglobin.