Table 2.
Differences in heart rate data of wheelchair basketball players according to functional category (A and B).
| Wheelchair basketball players |
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| Parameters | Category A (class from 1.0 to 2.5) (n = 6) |
Category B (class from 3.0 to 4.5) (n = 8) |
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| Median | Mean | SD | N | Median | Mean | SD | N | Z | p | ES | ||||
| HRmean [beats/min] | 151.00 | 148.99 | 17.48 | 171 | 162.00 | 161.44 | 12.39 | 286 | −7.297 | ∗∗∗ | 2.49 | |||
| HRpeak [beats/min] | 171.00 | 167.81 | 15.21 | 171 | 180.00 | 178.53 | 10.06 | 286 | −7.436 | ∗∗∗ | 2.59 | |||
| HRpeak [%] | 95.00 | 94.51 | 6.43 | 171 | 97.00 | 97.66 | 6.22 | 286 | −4.000 | ∗∗∗ | 0.75 | |||
| HR zone I [%] | 0.00 | 1.67 | 5.81 | 171 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 1.33 | 286 | −3.416 | ∗∗∗ | 0.55 | |||
| HR zone II [%] | 2.27 | 8.96 | 15.31 | 171 | 0.25 | 3.03 | 6.47 | 286 | −5.044 | ∗∗∗ | 1.19 | |||
| HR zone III [%] | 16.15 | 19.75 | 17.52 | 171 | 8.73 | 12.75 | 13.62 | 286 | −4.203 | ∗∗∗ | 0.83 | |||
| HR zone IV [%] | 39.55 | 37.53 | 18.66 | 171 | 35.45 | 36.54 | 21.32 | 286 | −0.862 | n.s. | − | |||
| HR zone V [%] | 27.44 | 31.12 | 26.96 | 171 | 43.90 | 43.24 | 27.40 | 286 | −4.570 | ∗∗∗ | 0.98 | |||
| HRR | 119.00 | 117.99 | 8.39 | 171 | 124.00 | 124.23 | 8.71 | 286 | −7.491 | ∗∗∗ | 2.62 | |||
| %HRR | 76.85 | 75.37 | 11.64 | 171 | 80.69 | 81.06 | 8.64 | 286 | −5.160 | ∗∗∗ | 1.25 | |||
∗∗∗p < 0.001; n.s., no statistically significant differences; N, number of cases; HR, heart rate; SD, standard deviation; Min, minimum; Max, Maximum; ES, effect size for the U-Mann–Whitney test; HRmean, mean heart rate; %HRpeak, the percentage of maximal heart rate in a match; HRpeak, maximal heart rate in a match; HRR, heart rate reserve; %HRR, the percentage of heart rate reserve.