Table 2.

Results from ankle range of motion, floor-walking, treadmill-walking and bicycle-ergometry tests (n = 22)

	Without compression		With compression
	Median	Range	Median	Range	P value
Primary outcome variables
Ankle range of motion
Total ankle range of motion (°)	87	69–108	83	68–105	0.001
Dorsiflexion (°)	36	24–49	34	22–47	0.004
Plantar flexion (°)	51	39–61	50	34–60	0.175
Treadmill-walking
Self-selected walking speed (m·s−1)	1.32	1.11–1.50	1.32	1.11–1.50
Oxygen consumption, VO2 (l·minute−1)	0.86	0.49–1.94	0.84	0.54–1.49	0.974
Oxygen cost, VO2/kg
mL·kg−1·minute−1	11.9	9.4–17.0	12.2	9.7–18.2	0.465
mL·kg−1·m−1	0.156	0.13–0.23	0.152	0.13–0.24	0.505
Heart rate (beats·minute−1)	87	70–113	86	71–117	0.182
Perceived exertion (6–20)	11	9–13	11	9–14	0.491
Descriptive variables
Floor-walking
Self-selected walking speed (m·s−1)	1.47	1.17–1.69
Perceived exertion (6–20)	11	9–13
Bicycle-ergometry test
Work load (kpm · minute−1)	450	375–900
Heart rate (beats · minute−1)	128	102–147
Maximum oxygen capacity, VO2max
l · minute−1	1.7	1.3–3.1
mL · kg−1 · minute−1	28.8*	19.0–45.5
Perceived exertion (6–20)	15	12–17

*Ergometry reference values for subjects 60–70 years are 27–36 mL · kg⁻¹ · minute⁻¹¹⁵