From: Increased first and second pulse harmonics in Tai Chi Chuan practitioners
Measures | Control (n = 30) | TCC (n = 30) | P value |
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HRV | |||
%mRRI (%) | 8.7 (5.8 − 14.9) | 2.2 (-0.5 − 6.3) | <0.001 |
%HR (%) | −8.0 (-13.0 − -5.6) | −2.2 (-5.9 − 0.5) | <0.001 |
%SDRR (%) | 14.1 (-1.1 − 27.5) | 1.0 (-6.7 − 6.8) | 0.014 |
%CVRR (%) | 2.9 (-4.5 − 15.6) | −0.5 (-8.7 − 6.5) | 0.206 |
%TP (%) | 25.7 (-4.3 − 80.8) | 2.9 (-22.1 − 29.1) | 0.010 |
%ULFP (%) | −72.4 (-88.6 − -42.2) | 8.7 (-34.7 − 164.1) | <0.001 |
%VLFP (%) | 30.7 (-5.7 − 97.4) | −17.4 (-35.8 − 32.3) | 0.016 |
%LFP (%) | 29.1 (3.4 − 66.4) | 4.5 (-28.5 − 65.3) | 0.077 |
%HFP (%) | 29.7 (5.7 − 65.6) | 16.2 (-18.0 − 70.6) | 0.137 |
%nVLFP (%) | 4.9 (-11.5 − 18.6) | 1.8 (-24.4 − 26.5) | 0.579 |
%nLFP (%) | −3.0 (-11.3 − 18.7) | 34.3 (-3.5 − 195.7) | 0.018 |
%nHFP (%) | 0.6 (-10.7 − 11.6) | −8.8 (-38.4 − 25.2) | 0.258 |
%LHR (%) | −4.8 (-18.0 − 36.4) | −4.5 (-35.0 − 26.8) | 0.340 |
Pulse harmonics | |||
%TPp | −32.9 (-72.7 − 272.6) | 17.9 (-21.0 − 39.2) | 0.579 |
%Ph1 | −39.4 (-78.4 − 262.7) | 17.3 (-18.1 − 54.0) | 0.186 |
%Ph2 | −59.6 (-79.5 − 21.5) | 15.3 (-22.4 − 29.4) | 0.030 |
%Ph3 | −27.1 (-70.0 − 71.3) | 16.2 (-14.9 − 72.2) | 0.176 |
%Ph4 | −31.4 (-76.0 − 131.4) | 26.1 (-40.8 − 65.6) | 0.217 |
%Ph5 | −11.3 (-63.3 − 165.7) | 0.3 (-30.7 − 56.9) | 0.620 |
%Ph6 | 7.3 (-52.6 − 526.3) | 22.1 (-27.6 − 108.8) | 0.842 |
%Ph7 | −18.3 (-53.0 − 172.9) | 1.7 (-33.4 − 85.0) | 0.877 |
%Ph8 | 20.6 (-59.2 − 376.4) | 2.0 (-43.5 − 78.2) | 0.355 |
%nPh1 | −17.8 (-51.3 − 32.7) | 1.8 (-5.8 − 5.0) | 0.085 |
%nPh2 | −26.8 (-67.5 − 10.8) | −2.1 (-15.5 − 17.4) | 0.072 |
%nPh3 | −20.0 (-67.3 − 34.8) | 5.4 (-24.7 − 38.0) | 0.212 |
%nPh4 | −8.3 (-59.6 − 68.7) | 2.9 (-30.0 − 23.1) | 0.420 |
%nPh5 | −4.0 (-56.7 − 105.0) | 7.4 (-30.0 − 23.9) | 0.807 |
%nPh6 | 39.5 (-41.5 − 217.5) | 6.7 (-35.1 − 54.3) | 0.196 |
%nPh7 | 63.8 (-28.3 − 111.6) | 0.5 (-41.4 − 58.5) | 0.206 |
%nPh8 | −0.8 (-41.2 − 229.7) | −4.7 (-38.4 − 32.6) | 0.340 |
%F1 | −7.8 (-13.8 − -4.4) | −2.7 (-7.4 − 2.9) | 0.002 |