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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2018 Sep;50(9):1940–1949. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001619

Table 4.

Strain, Twist and Untwist Parameters

Time Point

BR−2 BR7 BR21 BR31 BR70 BR+0 BR+3
Longitudinal Strain (%)
  CONT −17.5 (−19.3 −15.8) −16.2 (−18.0 −14.5) −15.8 (−17.6 −14.1) −16.2 (−17.9 −14.4) −15.5 (−17.3 −13.7) −15.8 (−17.6 −14.0) −16.9 (−18.6 −15.1)
  Ex −18.2 (−20.4 −15.9) −17.8 (−20.0 −15.5) −18.6 (−20.9 −16.4) −18.0 (−20.3 −15.8) −16.9 (−19.1 −14.7) −17.1 (−19.3 −14.9) −18.6 (−20.8 −16.4)
  ExT −19.5 (−21.7 −17.3) −17.0 (−19.2 −14.8) −18.1 (−20.3 −15.9) −17.0 (−19.2 −14.8) −16.0 (−18.1 −13.8) −16.4 (−17.5 −13.2) −17.1 (−19.3 −14.9)
Circumferential Strain (%)
  CONT −22.2 (−24.6 −19.8) −22.0 (−24.3 −19.6) −21.8 (−24.1 −19.4) −21.8 (−24.2 −19.4) −19.6 (−22.0 −17.2) −20.1 (−22.5 −17.8) −21.8 (−24.2 −19.4)
  Ex −20.0 (−23.4 −16.5) −21.5 (−24.9 −18.0) −22.8 (−26.3 −19.4) −21.6 (−25.0 −18.1) −23.9 (−27.3 −20.4) −23.6 (−27.0 −20.1) −23.1 (−26.6 −19.7)
  ExT −20.9 (−22.7 −19.1) −20.8 (−22.5 −19.0) −22.3 (−24.0 −20.5) −21.7 (−23.5 −20.0) −20.3 (−22.1 −18.6) −20.8 (−22.5 −19.0) −20.2 (−22.0 −18.5)
Radial Strain (%)
  CONT 39.3 (32.9– 45.7) 35.5 (29.1–41.9) 32.6 (26.2–39.0) 33.2 (26.8–39.5) 31.6 * (25.3–38.0) 29.7 * (23.3–36.1) 35.0 (28.6–41.3)
  Ex 39.8 (35.3–44.3) 38.1 (33.6–42.7) 40.6 (36.0–45.1) 35.1 (28.5–37.6) 37.8 (33.2–42.3) 36.6 (32.1–41.2) 38.0 (33.5–42.5)
  ExT 37.8 (33.8–41.7) 40.6 (36.6–44.5) 37.3 (33.3–41.2) 38.1 (34.2–42.0) 37.2 (33.2–41.1) 39.4 (35.5–43.3) 37.8 (33.9–41.7)
Basal Rotation (°)
  CONT −8.3 (−10.3 −6.3) −7.8 (−9.8 −5.8) −7.9 (−9.9 −5.9) −8.5 (−10.5 −6.5) −9.5 (−11.5 −7.5) −9.0 (−11.0 −7.0) −8.8 (−10.8 −6.9)
  Ex −6.1 (−7.3 −5.0) −6.1 (−7.3 −4.9) −7.1 (−8.2 −6.0) −6.7 (−7.8 −5.6) −6.2 (−7.3 −5.1) −6.3 (−7.4 −5.1) −5.6 (−6.7 −4.5)
  ExT −6.9 (−8.2 −5.6) −7.3 (−8.6 −6.0) −8.1 (−9.4 −6.8) −7.9 (−9.2 −6.6) −8.2 (−9.4 −6.9) −8.6 (−9.9 −7.3) −7.4 (−8.7 −6.1)
Apical Rotation (°)
  CONT 8.8 (6.1–11.4) 13.6 * (10.9–16.2) 12.8 * (10.2–15.5) 15.8 * (13.1–18.4) 15.0 * (12.3–17.6) 15.1 * (12.5–17.7) 12.1* (9.4–14.7)
  Ex 8.5 (6.2–10.9) 12.9 * (10.6–15.3) 11.3 (8.9–13.7) 11.0 (8.6–13.4) 10.4 (8.0–12.7) 10.5 (8.2–12.9) 10.7 (8.3–13.0)
  ExT 11.3 (8.6–14.0) 14.5 * (11.8–17.2) 12.6 (9.9–15.3) 12.5 (9.8–15.2) 14.3 (11.6–17.0) 10.6 (7.9–13.3) 9.9 (7.2–12.6)
Peak Twist (°)
  CONT 16.6 (13.5–19.7) 21.5 * (18.4–24.6) 20.1 * (17.0–23.2) 23.9 * (20.8–27.0) 24.1 * (21.0–27.2) 23.7 * (20.7–26.8) 20.6* (17.5–23.7)
  Ex 14.2 (12.0–16.4) 18.9 * (16.6–21.1) 17.1 (14.9–19.4) 16.8 (14.6–19.0) 15.8 (13.5–18.0) 16.7 (14.4–18.9) 14.2 (12.0–16.5)
  ExT 17.0 (14.2–19.8) 21.8 * (19.0–24.6) 19.7 (16.9–22.5) 20.1 (17.3–22.9) 21.0 (18.2–23.8) 17.9 (15.1–20.7) 16.2 (13.4–19.0)
Normalized Twist (°/cm)
  CONT 2.1 (1.7–2.5) 2.7 * (2.3–3.1) 2.6 (2.1–2.9) 3.0 * (2.7–3.4) 3.1 * (2.7–3.5) 3.1 * (2.7–3.5) 2.6* (2.2–3.0)
  Ex 1.7 (1.5–1.9) 2.3 * (2.0–2.5) 2.1 (1.8–2.3) 2.0 (1.8–2.3) 1.9 (1.7–2.1) 2.0 (1.7–2.2) 1.7 (1.5–2.0)
  ExT 2.1 (1.7–2.4) 2.7 * (2.3–3.0) 2.4 (2.1–2.8) 2.5 (2.1–2.8) 2.6 (2.2–2.9) 2.2 (1.9–2.6) 2.0 (1.6–2.3)
Peak Untwist (°/s)
  CONT −182.1 (−232.7 −131.4) −244.3 * (−295.0 −193.7) −281.4 * (−332.1 −230.8) −237.0 * (−287.6 −186.4) −255.5 * (−306.1 −204.9) −248.3 * (−298.9 −197.7) −202.4* (−256.5 −148.3)
  Ex −218.5 (−269.2 −167.8) −223.3 (−274.0 −172.6) −243.7 (−294.4 −193.0) −250.4 (−301.1 −199.7) −259.8 (−310.5 −209.1) −226.0 (−276.8 −175.3) −228.8 (−279.5 −178.1)
  ExT −237.3 (−290.1 −184.5) −295.9 (−348.7 −243.0) −257.2 (−310.1 −204.4) −264.2 (−317.1 −211.4) −235.9 (−288.8 −183.1) −331.5 (−384.3 −278.6) −249.2 (−302.0 −196.3)
Time to peak basal rotation (% systole)
  CONT 94.9 (87.1–102.8) 92.6 (85.3–100.0) 87.1 (79.7–94.4) 86.5 (79.1–93.8) 87.1 (79.8–94.5) 90.1 (82.7–97.5) 89.8 (82.5–97.2)
  Ex 94.6 (86.5–102.8) 97.5 (94.4–110.7) 98.2 (90.1–106.4) 93.5 (85.3–101.6) 91.2 (83.1–99.4) 85.5 (77.4–93.7) 88.7 (80.5–96.9)
  ExT 90.0 (81.4–98.5) 91.6 (83.0–100.1) 95.7 (87.2–104.2) 91.1 (82.6–99.6) 94.6 (86.1–103.1) 86.7 (78.2–95.3) 93.0 (90.5–107.5)
Time to peak apical rotation (% systole)
  CONT 89.8 (82.8–96.8) 87.9 (80.9–94.9) 88.8 (81.8–95.9) 86.1 (79.1–93.1) 90.2 (83.2–97.2) 90.4 (83.4–97.5) 84.0 (77.0–91.1)
  Ex 92.0 (88.8–103.1) 91.5 (84.4–98.6) 91.2 (84.0–98.3) 93.3 (86.2–100.5) 91.0 (83.5–98.6) 93.4 (85.9–101.0) 95.8 (93.7–97.9)
  ExT 89.7 (80.2–95.3) 92.4 (90.3–104.5) 94.5 (87.4–101.6) 88.9 (81.9–96.0) 91.3 (84.2–98.3) 92.0 (84.9–99.1) 89.1 (82.0–96.1)
Time to peak twist rotation (% systole)
  CONT 89.3 (83.6–95.1) 90.5 (84.8–96.3) 92.1 (86.4–97.9) 85.2 (79.5–91.0) 90.3 (84.6–96.1) 92.4 (86.6–98.1) 86.1 (80.4–91.9)
  Ex 93.0 (85.5–100.5) 97.9 (90.4–105.4) 92.6 (85.1–100.1) 93.2 (85.7–100.7) 92.1 (84.6–99.6) 93.1 (85.6–100.6) 96.6 (89.1–104.1)
  ExT 88.0 (82.0–93.9) 95.6 (89.6–101.5) 93.1 (87.2–99.0) 88.9 (83.0–94.8) 92.5 (86.5–98.4) 86.7 (80.8–92.7) 93.1 (87.2–99.1)

BR, bed rest day; LV, left ventricular. Values are mean and 95% CI.

*

p<0.007 vs. BR−2.