Fig. 4.

The effect of RIPC on HR and DFA

Changes in HR (panel A) and DFA (Panel B) measured before and after RIPC (Red). HR was expressed as percentage of the rest value measured at the beginning of the experiment. The absolute values of HR can be found in Table 2. Different stages of the experimental protocol are outlined in the Methods and shown in Fig. 1. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 22 and 18 for RIPC and SHAM). RIPC data are shown in red and SHAM are shown in blue.

*P < 0.05 vs. corresponding indices before the RIPC/SHAM.

#P < 0.05 vs. corresponding pre-test parameters.

†P < 0.05 between the RIPC and SHAM groups. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)