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Table 1 Mean (standard deviation) heart rate, inspired volume and anxiety variables during cold water immersions (CWI).

From: Prolonged anxiety on habituation of the cold shock response

 

Heart Rate (beats.min-1)

Inspired Volume (L.min-1)

Anxiety

 

CON 1

CON 2

MATHS

CON 1

CON 2

MATHS

CON 1

CON 2

MATHS

Baseline

84(14)

81(13)

80(13)

15.9(7.8)

15.7(6.1)

13.5(6.6)

5(5)

4(4)

6(5)

CWI min 1

98(18)*

92(15)*

95(15)*

47.8(28.9)*

43.1(17.1)*

43.1(20.4)*

8(6)*

6(5)*

9(6)*

CWI min 2

89(16)

82(12)

88(17)

37.9(22.0)

31.6(16.3)

34.1(18.8)

   

CWI min 3

85(15)

80(13)

84(15)

32.4(20.7)

24.7(11.8)

27.0(13.8)

6(4)

5(5)

6(5)

CWI min 7

84(16)

74(12)

76(13)

25.2(21.1)

17.9(6.7)

22.7(11.7)

4(4)

4(4)

5(5)

  1. Anxiety 20 = extremely anxious, 0 = not anxious, * = different from Baseline (P < 0.05)