. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 24.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Apr;88(4):489–495. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.12.044

Table 3.

Physiological values during the VO₂peak test

Variables	Mean	SD	Range
Peak PO (W)	60.2	36.0	20–160
Peak HR (beats/min)	129	29	75–183
Percent HR maximum^*	70.1	14.0	43.6–97.3
Peak V_E (L/min)	42.8	19.5	18.0–113.1
VO₂peak (mL/kg/min)	18.6	8.4	6.5–38.1
VO₂peak (L/min)	1.33	0.52	0.74–2.81
Peak RER	1.14	0.09	0.97–1.34
Blood lactate (mmol/L)^†	6.6	2.8	2.3–15.1

Based on 220-age prediction equation

^†

Only 27 of 30 subjects had their blood lactate tested