Table 3 Oxygen saturation and peak heart rate during HF-NMES, LF-NMES or strength training
| Â | HF-NMES | LF-NMES | Strength training | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 9 | n = 8 | n = 7 | ||||||||
| Â | Pre | Post | P-value | Pre | Post | P-value | Pre | Post | P-value | |
First measurement | ||||||||||
SpO2 | % | 96 (92–97) | 93 (91–95) | 0.020 | 89 (86–96) | 88 (84–95) | 0.059 | 95 (89–95) | 91 (84–93) | 0.027 |
Heart rate | bpm | 83 (77–87) | 92 (82–97) | 0.007 | 95 (80–106) | 100 (85–112) | 0.042 | 66 (60–91) | 86 (77–102) | 0.018 |
Second measurement | ||||||||||
SpO2 | % | 93 (88–97) | 91 (88–95) | 0.056 | 94 (92–98) | 92 (85–96) | 0.066 | 92 (90–94) | 88 (88–91) | 0.149 |
Heart rate | bpm | 83 (78–89) | 91 (85–100) | 0.012 | 87 (85–97) | 100 (93–106) | 0.018 | 74 (58–89) | 93 (75–109) | 0.012 |
Third measurement | ||||||||||
SpO2 | % | 93 (89–98) | 93 (89–97) | 0.666 | 87 (85–96) | 92 (84–94) | 0.498 | 95 (91–96) | 91 (88–94) | 0.058 |
Heart rate | bpm | 82 (73–90) | 91 (88–101) | 0.008 | 84 (77–98) | 94 (82–106) | 0.043 | 76 (62–93) | 93 (79–109) | 0.018 |