Table 3.

Mean comparisons between conditions—control, 5-MIN, 10-MIN, 15-MIN, 20-MIN.

		PRE		DURING		POST
		Cohen’s d	p	Cohen’s d	p	Cohen’s d	p
RMSSD	Control—5-MIN	0.152	0.249	−1.218	<0.001	−0.370	0.006
	Control—10-MIN	0.248	0.062	−1.137	<0.001	−0.194	0.142
	Control—15-MIN	0.149	0.256	−1.255	<0.001	−0.402	0.003
	Control—20-MIN	0.127	0.335	−1.173	<0.001	−0.376	0.005
	5-MIN—10-MIN	0.113	0.389	−0.014	0.915	0.179	0.173
	5-MIN—15-MIN	0.001	0.992	−0.221	0.095	−0.143	0.278
	5-MIN—20-MIN	−0.030	0.818	−0.058	0.655	−0.037	0.780
	10-MIN—15-MIN	−0.141	0.282	−0.211	0.110	−0.306	0.022
	10-MIN—20-MIN	−0.175	0.185	−0.035	0.790	−0.247	0.063
	15-MIN—20-MIN	−0.037	0.778	0.202	0.125	0.108	0.411
Respiratory frequency	Control—5-MIN	0.217	0.102	5.456	<0.001	1.352	<0.001
	Control—10-MIN	0.294	0.028	5.342	<0.001	1.733	<0.001
	Control—15-MIN	0.032	0.804	5.160	<0.001	2.102	<0.001
	Control—20-MIN	0.135	0.304	5.190	<0.001	2.836	<0.001
	5-MIN—10-MIN	0.046	0.723	0.047	0.722	0.897	<0.001
	5-MIN—15-MIN	−0.188	0.155	0.170	0.196	1.528	<0.001
	5-MIN—20-MIN	−0.126	0.337	0.274	0.040	1.924	<0.001
	10-MIN—15-MIN	−0.253	0.057	0.152	0.247	0.943	<0.001
	10-MIN—20-MIN	−0.204	0.122	0.298	0.026	1.604	<0.001
	15-MIN—20-MIN	0.111	0.398	0.114	0.384	1.069	<0.001
Heart Rate	Control—5-MIN	−0.195	0.139	−0.242	0.068	−0.067	0.610
	Control—10-MIN	−0.009	0.942	−0.057	0.666	−0.009	0.945
	Control—15-MIN	0.103	0.431	−0.041	0.755	−0.070	0.594
	Control—20-MIN	−0.084	0.522	−0.029	0.827	−0.008	0.951
	5-MIN—10-MIN	0.163	0.216	0.239	0.071	0.058	0.657
	5-MIN—15-MIN	0.239	0.071	0.189	0.153	−0.017	0.897
	5-MIN—20-MIN	0.102	0.436	0.267	0.045	0.047	0.717
	10-MIN—15-MIN	0.113	0.389	0.009	0.948	−0.054	0.679
	10-MIN—20-MIN	−0.085	0.516	0.047	0.719	<0.001	1.000
	15-MIN—20-MIN	−0.210	0.112	0.027	0.839	0.063	0.632

Note: Significant differences are indicated in bold; RMSSD: Root mean square of successive differences.