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. 2022 Jan 26;19(3):1357. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031357

Table 2.

Mean (SD) measures of cognitive function (Trail Maker Part-A and Part-B), and change (Δ) in cerebral perfusion pre and post the control and intervention trials.

Trail Maker Part-A Trail Maker Part-B TMT B-A
Completion Time (s) Number of Errors Fatigue Score Δ Head tHb (µmol·L−1) Δ Head HHb (µmol·L−1) Completion Time (s) Number of Errors Fatigue Score Δ Head tHb (µmol·L−1) Δ Head HHb (µmol·L−1) TMT B-A (s)
Mean Average (SD)
CON
0 min 11.99 (2.05) 0.9 (0.99) 2.7 (1.25) 2.13 (1.35) −0.03 (0.58) 15.97 (3.86) 0.42 (0.51) 2.64 (1.21) 2.66 (1.17) −0.36 (0.60) 3.97 (4.02)
180 min 12.81 (2.72) 2.2 (3.05) 3.3 (1.42) 1.33 (2.20) −0.02 (0.81) 21.14 (4.95) 3.75 (4.81) 3.36 (1.63) 1.28 (1.63) −0.29 (0.97) 8.32 (4.52)
INT
0 min 11.17 (1.23) 0.3 (0.67) 2.9 (1.29) 1.65 (1.94) −0.09 (0.44) 17.52 (6.29) 1.58 (3.20) 3.00 (1.26) 2.10 (1.89) −0.37 (0.62) 6.36 (6.41)
180 min 10.31 (0.84) 0.6 (1.27) 2.8 (1.48) 1.49 (2.60) 0.46 (0.58) 15.27 (3.61) 0.83 (1.34) 2.81 (1.40) 0.41 (1.95) −0.01 (0.57) 4.96 (3.53)
Interaction Effect (Time × condition)
p 0.067 0.430 0.111 0.605 0.090 0.021 * 0.042 * 0.049 * 0.601 0.192 0.059
ηp2 0.297 0.070 0.258 0.035 0.318 0.492 0.324 0.325 0.036 0.202 0.312
Time Effect
p 0.976 0.207 0.213 0.487 0.124 0.175 0.084 0.140 0.047 * 0.291 0.148
ηp2 <0.001 0.171 0.167 0.062 0.185 0.176 0.246 0.205 0.409 0.138 0.197
Condition Effect
p 0.049 * 0.068 0.394 0.784 0.088 0.141 0.369 0.588 0.232 0.491 0.647
ηp2 0.335 0.323 0.082 0.010 0.320 0.204 0.074 0030 0.173 0.061 0.022

SD = standard deviation; ηp2 = partial Eta2; p = significance; * = p < 0.05; tHb = total haemoglobin; HHb = deoxygenated haemoglobin; Δ head tHb = the difference in tHb between immediately pre and the average during the trail maker test; CON = control trial; INT = intervention trial.