Table 1.
Physical and physiological characteristics of the participants (n = 10).
Fig 1.
Schematic representation of the experimental procedures.
DYN, dynamic contractions protocol; ISO, isometric contractions protocol; BP, blood pressure; RPE, rate of perceived exertion; HR, heart rate; NIRS, near-infrared spectroscopy.
Fig 2.
Representative example of SmO2-derived parameters, based on information from the author.
SmO2 baseline, baseline of muscle oxygen saturation; ΔSmO2 deoxy, amplitude of muscle oxygen deoxygenation; SmO2 min, minimum of muscle oxygen saturation; t SmO2 50%reoxy, time to recover 50% of muscle oxygen saturation; SmO2 50%reoxy, 50% of muscle oxygen reoxygenation.
Fig 3.
SmO2 avg (a), SmO2 min (b), ΔSmO2 deoxy (c) and t SmO2 50%reoxy (d) results. DYN, dynamic contraction protocol; ISO, isometric contraction protocol; VL, vastus lateralis; SL, soleus; LG, longissimus; ST, semitendinosus. * p≤0.05.
Table 2.
Cardiovascular, haemodynamic and perceived exertion responses to dynamic contraction protocol (DYN) and isometric contraction protocol (ISO).