Table 3

Baseline measurement of HRV measures in the aerobic exercise protocol (YY test)

Control (n=14)Football (n=12)Futsal (n=10)p ValuePower
mRRI (ms)967 (860–1088)978 (922–1195)917 (853–1047)0.5531
SDRR (ms)69 (43–83)80 (68–111)92 (64–101)0.0701
CVRR (%)6.6 (4.7–8.2)7.9 (6.8–13.2)9.0 (6.9–11.4)0.0651
rMSSD (ms)59 (23–74)63 (54–105)67 (52–86)0.3280.99
TP (ms2)1394 (618–2513)2234 (1426–3558)2935 (1287–3695)0.0750.34
VLFP (ms2)371 (162–596)823 (414–1846)*860 (543–1183)*0.0080.85
LFP (ms2)478 (127–863)539 (370–928)688 (455–1540)0.3100.31
HFP (ms2)526 (117–884)673 (525–1743)806 (390–1100)0.3520.23
nVLFP (nu)26.8 (15.8–54.9)30.2 (20.0–49.1)36.9 (32.9–43.3)0.2491
nLFP (nu)34.0 (21.0–42.6)29.0 (21.1–33.1)36.6 (22.4–41.1)0.2791
nHFP (nu)30.8 (13.6–50.9)39.6 (26.4–50.3)30.1 (20.1–35.4)0.2611
VLHR0.9 (0.4–3.5)0.7 (0.4–1.8)1.1 (0.9–2.1)0.4170.66
LHR1.4 (0.6–2.1)0.7 (0.6–1.0)1.3 (0.7–1.9)0.1280.75
HFF (Hz)0.2 (0.2–0.3)0.3 (0.2–0.3)0.3 (0.2–0.4)0.0891
  • Data are presented as median values (25–75 centile).

  • *Significant difference versus control group (p<0.05).

  • 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; SDRR, SD of R-R interval; TP, total power; VLFP, very-low-frequency power; VLHR, VLFP/HFP ratio; YY, Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1.