. 2016 May 10;7(2):176–182. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2016.05.002

Table 1.

Physiological and performance markers relative to game quarter, half, and overall across the Basketball Exercise Simulation Test (BEST) in state-level junior male basketball players (mean ± SD) (n = 10).

Outcome measure	Temporal measurement
	Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4	Half 1	Half 2	Overall
Physiological
Perceptual
RPE (AU)	14.60 ± 1.71	16.40 ± 2.07	16.40 ± 2.59	17.40 ± 2.27	15.50 ± 1.67	16.90 ± 2.34	16.20 ± 1.77
Metabolic
[BLa⁻] (mmol/L)	7.25 ± 2.86^†	5.13 ± 2.00	5.17 ± 3.00	3.96 ± 1.81	6.19 ± 2.30	4.57 ± 2.33^*	5.38 ± 2.14
[BGlu] (mmol/L)	7.02 ± 1.52^#, ^†	6.79 ± 1.73^#, ^†	4.88 ± 1.10	5.62 ± 0.76^#	6.91 ± 1.57	5.25 ± 0.81^*	6.08 ± 0.97
Heart rate
Mean absolute (beats/min)	182.6 ± 6.3	180.1 ± 8.3	178.0 ± 6.0	179.9 ± 6.3	181.3 ± 6.7	179.0 ± 5.9	180.1 ± 5.7
Mean relative (%HR_max)	92.0 ± 3.9	90.7 ± 5.2	89.7 ± 4.3	90.6 ± 4.2	91.4 ± 4.3	90.2 ± 4.1	90.8 ± 4.0
Maximum absolute (beats/min)	193.9 ± 5.7^#, ^†	191.1 ± 5.9	189.9 ± 5.4	190.2 ± 3.4	194.3 ± 5.6	191.2 ± 4.2	194.6 ± 5.5
Maximum relative (%HR_max)	97.7 ± 4.7^#, ^†	96.3 ± 3.7	95.7 ± 4.0	95.8 ± 3.2	97.9 ± 4.5	96.3 ± 3.5	98.1 ± 4.5
Time in very light zone (min)	0.11 ± 0.22	0.27 ± 0.37	0.10 ± 0.16	0.07 ± 0.13	0.38 ± 0.43	0.17 ± 0.28^*	0.54 ± 0.67
Time in light zone (min)	0.10 ± 0.11	0.16 ± 0.26	0.21 ± 0.19	0.18 ± 0.22	0.26 ± 0.29	0.39 ± 0.38	0.65 ± 0.59
Time in moderate zone (min)	0.32 ± 0.35	0.49 ± 0.37	0.52 ± 0.46	0.43 ± 0.42	0.82 ± 0.38	0.95 ± 0.86	1.76 ± 0.81
Time in vigorous zone (min)	5.66 ± 3.56	5.65 ± 3.69	6.60 ± 3.32	6.90 ± 3.63	11.31 ± 6.91	13.50 ± 6.75^*	24.81 ± 13.15
Time in near-maximal zone (min)	3.81 ± 3.57	3.43 ± 4.15	2.58 ± 3.50	2.43 ± 3.89	7.24 ± 7.45	5.01 ± 7.20	12.25 ± 13.89
Performance
Performance responses
Sprint time (s)	1.61 ± 0.17	1.68 ± 0.15	1.66 ± 0.12	1.69 ± 0.15	1.65 ± 0.15	1.68 ± 0.13	1.66 ± 0.14
Circuit time (s)	20.07 ± 0.93	21.29 ± 1.25	21.00 ± 1.88	20.98 ± 1.70	20.68 ± 0.98	20.99 ± 1.49	20.83 ± 1.17
Jump height (cm)	44.48 ± 5.35	43.65 ± 5.91	40.96 ± 5.92	41.67 ± 6.97	43.79 ± 5.47	41.32 ± 6.18	42.40 ± 5.85
Distance (m)	1425.7 ± 22.2	1417.5 ± 28.3	1424.3 ± 30.7	1418.5 ± 32.5	2843.2 ± 46.2	2842.8 ± 59.5	5686.0 ± 89.1
Fatigue responses
Sprint decrement (%)	14.65 ± 7.14	11.43 ± 7.67	8.06 ± 4.00	11.38 ± 7.64	17.93 ± 7.01	12.79 ± 6.78	19.69 ± 6.60
Circuit decrement (%)	9.11 ± 4.71	7.56 ± 4.41	4.82 ± 2.11	6.83 ± 3.24	11.67 ± 5.55	7.30 ± 2.16^*	13.16 ± 5.79
Jump decrement (%)	20.75 ± 11.17	21.09 ± 10.31	16.23 ± 4.38	17.97 ± 6.15	30.72 ± 11.85	21.22 ± 5.62	32.45 ± 8.10

Abbreviations: AU = arbitrary units; [BLa⁻] = blood lactate concentration; [BGlu] = blood glucose concentration; HR_max = maximum heart rate; RPE = rating of perceived exertion.

^⁎

Significantly different from the first half;

Significantly different from Quarter 3;

^†

Significantly different from Quarter 4; very light zone ≤57%HR_max; light zone: 57%–63%HR_max; moderate zone: 64%–76%HR_max; vigorous zone: 77%–95%HR_max; near-maximal zone ≥95%HR_max.