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. 2023 Mar 29;123(8):1655–1670. doi: 10.1007/s00421-023-05176-6

Table 3.

Central tendency and dispersion measures for time > 90%V˙O2max and time > 95%V˙O2max [95% confidence limits]

Intensity prescription Time > 90%V˙O2max (s) Time > 95%V˙O2max (s) Time > 90%V˙O2max[%TTE] Time > 95%V˙O2max[%TTE]
Median Q1–Q3 Median Q1–Q3 Mean SD Mean SD
70%Δ 478* 346–633 143 65–345 32.8 [25.1–40.5] 15.5 [11.7–23.3] 17.4 [9.7–25.0] 15.4 [11.5–23.1]
85%W˙max 385 300–720 168 83–439 36.5 [29.6–43.3] 13.8 [10.3–20.7] 19.0 [11.9–26.0] 14.2 [10.7–21.3]
120%TT 275 113–430 148 15–225 32.2 [22.7–41.8] 19.3 [14.5–28.9] 16.5 [9.5–23.5] 14.1 [10.6–21.1]
80%W' 338 141–434 98 44–255 36.1 [28.1–44.1] 16.0 [12.0–24.0] 19.7 [11.7–27.7] 16.0 [12.0–24.0]

Q1, 25th percentile; Q3, 75th percentile. * denotes difference from 120%TT (P = 0.014). See text for intensity prescription abbreviations