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Table 4 Heart rate variability (HRV) parameters with or without soundproof mattress (M) under various floor impact sound

From: The responses of subjective feeling, task performance ability, cortisol and HRV for the various types of floor impact sound: a pilot study

  

B

T

I

BT

TI

BI

p-value*

HR

With mattress

84.05 ± 8.25

81.10 ± 7.20

83.58 ± 6.78

81.04 ± 7.30

81.92 ± 7.52

82.22 ± 6.89

0.025

Without mattress

81.28 ± 1.93

81.65 ± 2.22

83.69 ± 1.79

80.41 ± 1.94

81.11 ± 1.95

82.86 ± 1.87

<0.001

SDNN

With mattress

20.66 ± 6.46

24.08 ± 7.06

20.85 ± 5.31

23.30 ± 6.44

21.94 ± 7.51

22.60 ± 6.42

0.013

Without mattress

26.44 ± 16.01

22.84 ± 7.47

20.54 ± 6.21

22.73 ± 5.96

22.95 ± 7.64

20.48 ± 6.99

0.248

TP

With mattress

381.98 ± 263.46

559.24 ± 342.65

373.79 ± 156.62

473.85 ± 240.66

442.89 ± 283.62

485.09 ± 253.14

0.014

Without mattress

849.46 ± 1307.7

507.60 ± 311.38

399.75 ± 246.66

462.79 ± 215.36

506.86 ± 335.45

382.88 ± 240.84

0.261

LF

With mattress

138.55 ± 104.63

213.46 ± 132.68

136.30 ± 56.39

170.19 ± 91.63

159.00 ± 101.34

187.27 ± 114.29

0.030

Without mattress

382.20 ± 718.90

180.23 ± 113.28

147.89 ± 94.28

167.41 ± 66.61

199.74 ± 153.35

138.48 ± 88.66

0.274

HF

With mattress

243.43 ± 162.08

345.79 ± 213.76

237.48 ± 105.91

303.68 ± 161.93

283.85 ± 187.12

297.79 ± 157.14

0.013

Without mattress

467.25 ± 595.76

327.36 ± 210.34

251.88 ± 156.28

295.35 ± 159.69

307.12 ± 193.18

244.40 ± 160.45

0.245

LF/HF

With mattress

0.51 ± 0.14

0.55 ± 0.11

0.52 ± 0.11

0.52 ± 0.13

0.52 ± 0.16

0.52 ± 0.15

0.900

Without mattress

0.57 ± 0.24

0.54 ± 0.16

0.54 ± 0.09

0.54 ± 0.14s

0.54 ± 0.15

0.58 ± 0.13

0.744

  1. Abbreviation: B bang machine, T tapping machine, I impact ball, BT B and T, TI T and I, BI B and I, HR heart rate, SDNN standard deviation normal to normal, TP total power, LF low frequency, HF high frequency
  2. Unit: Mean ± standard deviation
  3. *p-value was calculated by repeated measures ANOVA