Table 3.
Heart rate variability: low frequency power, high frequency power, and sympathetic/vagal ratio (mean ± SD) for each group before and after the test and changes in LF power, HF power, and LF/HF ratios (mean ± SD) for each group.
| Pretest | Posttest | ||
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| Low frequency power (ms2) | |||
| Training | 179.30 ± 562.1 | 9.82 ± 28.84 | |
| Control | 32.08 ± 66.55 | 0.74 ± 0.73 | |
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| High frequency power (ms2) | |||
| Training | 14.04 ± 39.76 | 7.02 ± 19.24 | |
| Control | 7.43 ± 9.99 | 1.50 ± 1.87 | |
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| Sympathetic/vagal ratio | |||
| Training | 5.64 ± 10.03 | 2.13 ± 3.72 | |
| Control | 2.38 ± 3.79 | 0.97 ± 0.69 | |
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| Changes in HRV scores | LF power (ms2) | HF power (ms2) | LF/HF ratio |
| Training | −169.57 ± 566.52 | −7.02 ± 45.78 | −3.51 ± 6.93 |
| Control | −31.34 ± 66.36 | 5.93 ± 8.95 | −1.41 ± 4.07 |