Table 2.
Comparison after a water rescue, pre and post levels of blood lactate, and perceived exertion between recovery types.
| PR | ES | Anova | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Pre-Recovery Protocol | Post-Recovery Protocol | Pre-Recovery Protocol | Post-Recovery Protocol | Recovery | Time | Time × Recovery | |||||||||
| M | Sd | M | Sd | % diff | M | Sd | M | Sd | % diff | p-Value | ES | p-Value | ES | p-Value | ES | |
| Lactate | 9.89 | 2.63 | 6.27 | 3.69 | −36.6 | 10.9 | 3.06 | 4.77 | 1.86 | −56.2 | 0.342 | 0.050 | <0.001 | 0.757 | 0.020 | 0.267 |
| RPE overall | 7.59 | 1.71 | 3.57 | 2.40 | −53.0 | 7.24 | 1.18 | 2.7 | 1.53 | −62.7 | 0.017 | 0.278 | <0.001 | 0.849 | 0.091 | 0.151 |
| RPE legs | 7.27 | 1.83 | 3.71 | 2.43 | −49.0 | 7.05 | 1.72 | 2.65 | 1.66 | −62.4 | 0.017 | 0.279 | <0.001 | 0.836 | 0.053 | 0.192 |
| RPE arms | 6.18 | 1.68 | 3.29 | 1.79 | −46.8 | 5.62 | 1.91 | 2.30 | 1.84 | −59.1 | 0.011 | 0.306 | <0.001 | 0.763 | 0.444 | 0.033 |
| RPE ventilatory | 5.64 | 2.40 | 3.00 | 2.76 | −46.8 | 5.71 | 2.35 | 2.0 | 1.45 | −65.0 | 0.081 | 0.160 | <0.001 | 0.607 | 0.152 | 0.111 |
| TC | 27.5 | 3.31 | 27.8 | 3.76 | 1.1 | 27.3 | 2.97 | 28.1 | 4.82 | 2.9 | 0.943 | 0.000 | 0.441 | 0.033 | 0.537 | 0.021 |
| DM | 6.73 | 2.19 | 7.22 | 2.57 | 7.3 | 7.02 | 2.60 | 6.75 | 2.64 | −4.0 | 0.740 | 0.006 | 0.672 | 0.010 | 0.087 | 0.154 |
PR = passive recovery, ES = electro recovery, RPE = rate of perceived exertion, TC = contraction time between 10 and 90% Dm, DM = maximal radial muscle-belly displacement.