Research Article

Ferritin Genes Overexpression in PBMC and a Rise in Exercise Performance as an Adaptive Response to Ischaemic Preconditioning in Young Men

Table 3

Effect of ten-day ischaemic preconditioning training on upper body Wingate Anaerobic Test characteristics (Mean ± SD).

GroupBefore 10 sessionsAfter 10 sessionsΔCohen’s d

Relative peak power (W/kg)T-IPC5.29 ± 0.505.79 ± 0.700.50 ± 0.580.82
CON5.36 ± 0.695.46 ± 0.590.10 ± 0.460.15
Relative mean power (W/kg)T-IPC3.88 ± 0.364.09 ± 0.410.20 ± 0.230.54
CON3.98 ± 0.494.04 ± 0.430.06 ± 0.230.13

T-IPC: ten-day ischaemic preconditioning training group; CON: sham-controlled ischaemic preconditioning group; post hoc p < 0.05.