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Table 1 Comparison of motor skills, heart rate and body components, between study I and II in groups A (n = 17) and B (n = 12)

From: Changes in physical fitness and body composition of pilot cadets before and after a process of directed flight preparation

Variable

M ± SD

Hedges g test

F

p

Study I

Study II

ASET [s]

     

 Group A

45.54 ± 2.59

44.89 ± 4.08

0.19

0.30

0.54

 Group B

53.40 ± 2.73

47.40 ± 4.03

1.74

18.18

< 0.0001

HR before execiution ASET [bpm]

     

 Group A

81.12 ± 13.16

85.53 ± 8.89

0.39

1.31

0.27

 Group B

80.17 ± 13.74

90.75 ± 11.41

0.83

4.21

0.05

HR after execiution ASET [bpm]

     

 Group A

186.59 ± 6.74

180.12 ± 13.96

0.59

2.99

< 0.05

 Group B

190.08 ± 4.50

185.67 ± 6.11

0.82

4.06

< 0.05

40 m run [s]

     

 Group A

5.69 ± 0.33

5.79 ± 0.65

0.19

0.29

0.58

 Group B

5.77 ± 0.37

5.43 ± 0.36

0.93

17.65

< 0.0001

100 m run [s]

     

 Group A

13.74 ± 0.84

13.02 ± 0.70

0.93

7.47

< 0.05

 Group B

13.72 ± 0.56

12.83 ± 0.73

1.36

11.29

< 0.002

1000 m run [s]

     

 Group A

218.65 ± 34.59

252.03 ± 23.98

1.12

10.69

< 0.01

 Group B

212.92 ± 12.49

260.94 ± 29.80

2.10

26.51

< 0.0001

Pull-ups on the bar

     

 Group A

11.29 ± 2.95

13.94 ± 2.28

1.00

8.56

< 0.01

 Group B

10.25 ± 3.08

12.92 ± 1.93

1.03

6.46

< 0.01

FM [kg]

     

 Group A

11.95 ± 3.80

10.58 ± 5.13

0.30

0.98

0.18

 Group B

15.44 ± 3.00

14.53 ± 4.63

0.23

1.20

0.22

FM [%]

     

 Group A

15.56 ± 4.09

13.31 ± 4.97

0.49

2.16

0.09

 Group B

19.48 ± 1.69

17.95 ± 4.24

0.47

1.43

0.16

FFM [kg]

     

 Group A

64.55 ± 7.05

66.22 ± 5.78

0.25

1.66

0.18

 Group B

64.09 ± 9.31

65.08 ± 7.81

0.11

0.67

0.48

FFM [%]

     

 Group A

84.34 ± 4.23

86.77 ± 5.00

0.52

2.34

0.07

 Group B

81.08 ± 1.81

82.06 ± 4.25

0.30

0.57

0.43

MM [kg]

     

 Group A

43.93 ± 4.63

46.24 ± 4.36

0.51

3.86

< 0.02

 Group B

44.59 ± 6.80

44.77 ± 5.47

0.03

0.10

0.86

MM [%]

     

 Group A

58.50 ± 2.74

60.57 ± 4.02

0.60

3.15

0.05

 Group B

56.34 ± 1.66

56.45 ± 3.06

0.04

0.01

0.90

TBW [kg]

     

 Group A

46.39 ± 5.02

48.44 ± 4.23

0.44

2.84

< 0.05

 Group B

46.66 ± 6.56

47.59 ± 5.70

0.15

1.13

0.32

TBW [%]

     

 Group A

61.77 ± 3.04

63.45 ± 3.67

0.49

2.41

0.08

 Group B

59.05 ± 1.20

60.02 ± 3.15

0.40

1.41

0.25

ECW [kg]

     

 Group A

21.86 ± 5.80

19.48 ± 1.97

0.55

2.64

0.08

 Group B

23.22 ± 7.44

19.64 ± 2.42

0.64

2.54

0.10

ECW [%]

     

 Group A

40.85 ± 1.84

40.19 ± 2.29

0.31

093

0.29

 Group B

40.59 ± 1.46

41.30 ± 1.73

0.44

2.29

0.08

ICW [kg]

     

 Group A

31.68 ± 8.75

28.90 ± 2.87

0.42

1.57

0.19

 Group B

34.46 ± 12.18

27.90 ± 3.48

0.73

3.22

0.06

ICW [%]

     

 Group A

58.94 ± 1.75

58.97 ± 3.21

0.01

0.001

0.97

 Group B

59.60 ± 1.73

58.61 ± 1.73

0.57

3.95

0.06

  1. M ± SD mean, standard deviation, Group A group of cadets pilots, Group B control group, Study I study before the training process, Study II study after the training proces, ASET Aviation Synthetic Efficiency Test, FM fat mass, FFM free fat mass, MM muscle mass, TBW total body water, ECW extracellular water, ICW intracellular water