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Table 4 Linear and non-linear parameters of the heart rate variability at rest, immediately after, 1 h after and 24 h after the resistance training protocols

From: Acute effects of different resistance training loads on cardiac autonomic modulation in hypertensive postmenopausal women

Variables

Groups

Rest

After

1 h

24 h

rMSSD (ms)

Control

21.51 ± 14.26

27.38 ± 18.93*

33.50 ± 22.17*

28.60 ± 29.24

6RM

26.50 ± 16.92

23.12 ± 18.58

22.24 ± 14.88*†

21.51 ± 14.97*

15RM

21.26 ± 13.05

12.62 ± 16.33*†‡

17.74 ± 11.16†

24.08 ± 22.91

LF (μn)

Control

54.60 ± 18.55

54.82 ± 17.82

48.17 ± 22.15

53.05 ± 26.47

6RM

54.80 ± 22.56

53.82 ± 21.16

54.94 ± 20.11

53.99 ± 19.24

15RM

53.62 ± 22.88

64.74 ± 20.68*‡

60.40 ± 18.07†

58.78 ± 18.16

HF (μn)

Control

45.30 ± 18.61

45.10 ± 17.83

51.60 ± 21.95

46.83 ± 26.40

6RM

45.06 ± 22.62

46.04 ± 21.11

44.94 ± 20.07

45.96 ± 19.21

15RM

46.26 ± 22.82

34.26 ± 21.39*‡

39.45 ± 18.04†

41.09 ± 18.10

LF/HF

Control

1.58 ± 1.20

1.61 ± 1.35

1.49 ± 1.75

2.08 ± 2.27

6RM

1.90 ± 1.72

1.72 ± 1.49

1.60 ± 1.11

1.70 ± 1.72

15RM

2.10 ± 2.76

3.63 ± 3.32†‡

2.25 ± 2.06

1.90 ± 1.38

ApEn

Control

1.14 ± 0.13

1.14 ± 0.15

1.07 ± 0.16

1.11 ± 0.16

6RM

1.14 ± 0.16

1.17 ± 0.23

1.09 ± 0.17

1.16 ± 0.19

15RM

1.16 ± 0.10

1.22 ± 0.20

1.17 ± 0.08†‡

1.12 ± 0.18

  1. Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation. rMSSD square root of the square mean of the differences between the adjacent normal RR intervals, expressed in milliseconds, high frequency HF, expressed in standard units, LF low frequency, expressed in normalized units, LF/HF ratio high/low frequency, Ap En approximate Entropy
  2. * Significantly different from pre-intervention (p ≤ 0.05). † Significantly different from the control session (p ≤ 0.05). ‡ Significantly different from the 6RM session (p ≤ 0.05)