Table 2

Baseline measurement of HRV measures in the anaerobic exercise protocol (RSA test)

Control (n=14)Football (n=12)Futsal (n=10)p valuePower
mRRI (ms)966 (845–1052)1050 (962–1167)1059 (897–1170)0.2161
SDRR (ms)71 (56–105)99 (78–152)92 (64–101)0.1461
CVRR (%)7.0 (5.6–10.5)9.1 (8.3–12.9)8.6 (7.7–9.7)0.2271
rMSSD (ms)67 (33–95)91 (62–123)75 (55–100)0.1841
TP (ms2)1924 (980–4278)3157 (1424–5513)2597 (1360–3915)0.4391
VLFP (ms2)528 (325–1205)838 (473–2672)800 (595–1109)0.1980.99
LFP (ms2)445 (325–1519)976 (466–2354)686 (285–1176)0.2180.84
HFP (ms2)917 (219–1573)1364 (710–2353)922 (480–1547)0.2950.94
nVLFP (nu)32.0 (25.5–46.8)29.7 (23.6–38.1)37.0 (28.99–44.0)0.4261
nLFP (nu)30.2 (26.0–36.5)30.3 (23.7–41.8)23.8 (17.2–41.7)0.3991
nHFP (nu)34.2 (23.8–40.2)38.5 (30.5–44.5)35.9 (25.5–42.9)0.5841
VLHR0.9 (0.6–2.0)0.7 (0.6–1.3)0.9 (0.7–1.4)0.4840.35
LHR1.1 (0.7–1.5)0.7 (0.6–1.2)0.7 (0.4–1.3)0.4971
HFF (Hz)0.2 (0.2–0.3)0.2 (0.2–0.3)0.3 (0.3–0.3)0.0531
  • Data are presented as median values (25–75 centile).

  • CVRR, coefficient of variation of R-R interval; HFF, frequency of the high-frequency component; HFP, high-frequency power; HRV, heart rate variability; LFP, low-frequency power; LHR, LFP/HFP ratio; mRRI, mean R-R interval; nHFP, normalised HFP; nLFP, normalised LFP; nVLFP, normalised VLFP; rMSSD, the mean sum of the squared differences between R-R intervals; RSA, repeated sprint ability; SDRR, SD of R-R interval; TP, total power; VLFP, very-low-frequency power; VLHR, VLFP/HFP ratio.