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Table 3 Results of the maximal anaerobic cycling test

From: Effects of short-term repeated sprint training in hypoxia or with blood flow restriction on response to exercise

 

HG

 

BFRG

 

BFRrG

 

CG

Time Main effect

Group Main effect

Interaction

Duration (s)

 Pre

153.4 ± 25.5

 

132.2 ± 17.4

 

132.6 ± 27.4

 

131.0 ± 21.5

p < 0.001*

p = 0.10

p = 0.95

 Post

177.3 ± 34.0

 

160.0 ± 35.8

 

154.8 ± 31.5

 

152.6 ± 44.1

\(\dot{\boldsymbol{V}}{\boldsymbol{O}}_{\mathbf{2}}\boldsymbol{peak}\) (mL·min−1·kg−1)

 Pre

59.8 ± 7.5

 

51.9 ± 4.6

 

54.2 ± 5.8

d

54.0 ± 6.9

p = 0.004*

p = 0.29

p = 0.034*

 Post

59.3 ± 6.5

 

54.8 ± 7.7

 

58.3 ± 6.5

54.9 ± 7.3

\(\dot{\boldsymbol{V}}{\boldsymbol{O}}_{\mathbf{2}}\boldsymbol{peak}\) (L·min−1)

 Pre

4.62 ± 0.47

 

4.01 ± 0.44

 

3.99 ± 0.48

 

4.17 ± 0.49

p = 0.005*

p = 0.06

p = 0.08

 Post

4.64 ± 0.42

 

4.22 ± 0.60

 

4.29 ± 0.54

 

4.24 ± 0.54

Accumulated O2uptake (mL·kg−1)

 Pre

117.1 ± 35.9

c

83.5 ± 14.5

 

86.3 ± 27.2

 

85.7 ± 21.5

p < 0.001*

p = 0.038*

p = 0.97

 Post

136.3 ± 28.6

108.5 ± 29.1

 

110.6 ± 34.5

 

104.6 ± 42.4

Accumulated O2uptake (L)

 Pre

9.00 ± 2.52

 

6.48 ± 1.32

b

6.29 ± 1.82

 

6.60 ± 1.61

p < 0.001*

p = 0.001*

p = 0.96

 Post

11.41 ± 3.48

 

8.39 ± 2.27

8.07 ± 2.41

 

8.02 ± 3.17

maxO2def (mL·kg−1)

 Pre

43.7 ± 8.5

 

35.8 ± 7.4

 

39.6 ± 7.2

 

37.8 ± 7.3

p = 0.002*

p = 0.44

p = 0.57

 Post

45.4 ± 7.5

 

42.6 ± 10.8

 

46.9 ± 6.2

 

42.4 ± 10.5

maxO2def (L)

 Pre

3.41 ± 0.76

 

2.76 ± 0.57

 

2.92 ± 0.60

 

2.91 ± 0.51

p = 0.002*

p = 0.22

p = 0.79

 Post

3.67 ± 0.81

 

3.27 ± 0.80

 

3.46 ± 0.55

 

3.26 ± 0.75

Aerobic (%)

 Pre

72.2 ± 4.3

c

70.0 ± 3.5

 

67.2 ± 7.1

 

69.0 ± 4.6

p = 0.049*

p = 0.025*

p = 0.88

 Post

74.7 ± 3.5

71.5 ± 5.1

 

69.0 ± 6.3

 

70.0 ± 5.5

Anaerobic (%)

 Pre

27.8 ± 4.3

c

30.0 ± 3.5

 

32.8 ± 7.1

 

31.0 ± 4.6

p = 0.049*

p = 0.025*

p = 0.88

 Post

25.3 ± 3.5

28.5 ± 5.1

 

31.0 ± 6.3

 

30.0 ± 5.5

%\(\dot{\boldsymbol{V}}{\boldsymbol{O}}_{\mathbf{2}}\)peak

 Pre

98.7 ± 2.8

 

97.5 ± 6.9

 

95.8 ± 7.0

 

95.6 ± 6.0

p = 0.037*

p = 0.73

p = 0.82

 Post

100.2 ± 2.8

 

99.1 ± 7.6

 

99.6 ± 7.6

 

98.9 ± 3.2

Mean \(\dot{\boldsymbol{V}}{\boldsymbol{O}}_{\mathbf{2}}\) (mL·min−1·kg−1)

 Pre

46.2 ± 9.8

 

41.8 ± 3.4

 

43.5 ± 4.6

 

43.4 ± 6.5

p = 0.008*

p = 0.42

p = 0.77

 Post

48.3 ± 6.3

 

44.1 ± 5.7

 

47.3 ± 5.3

 

44.5 ± 6.6

Mean \(\dot{\boldsymbol{V}}{\boldsymbol{O}}_{\mathbf{2}}\) (L·min−1)

 Pre

0.61 ± 0.18

 

0.55 ± 0.09

 

0.60 ± 0.11

 

0.56 ± 0.10

p = 0.049*

p = 0.59

p = 0.65

 Post

0.62 ± 0.15

 

0.58 ± 0.11

 

0.65 ± 0.12

 

0.58 ± 0.10

  1. Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation
  2. HG (N = 10) training in hypoxia, BFRG (N = 10) training with blood flow restriction during exercise, BFRrG (N = 10) training with blood flow restriction during recovery, CG (N = 9), control group with normal training, Time main effect difference between pre- and post-tests, Group main effect difference between exercise modalities,\(\dot{V}{O}_2 peak\)peak oxygen consumption, maxO2def maximal accumulated oxygen deficit, Aerobic (%) contribution of aerobic processes, Anaerobic (%) contribution of anaerobic processes, %\(\dot{V}{O}_2 peak\)percentage of peak oxygen consumption from the ramp incremental exercise
  3. *Significant main effect
  4. bSignificantly different from HG
  5. cTrend (compared to BFRrG)
  6. dSignificantly different from Pre values within the same group