Table 5.
Performance time and maximal values of: oxygen uptake (VO2, ml·min-1), oxygen uptake in ml·min-1·kg-1 (VO2/kg) in consecutive incremental exercise tests.
| Incremental exercise test | Experimental (n=15) |
Control (n=15) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Performancetime [min] | Pre | 17”29 (1”31) | 17”20 (1”18) |
| 4-6 days Post | 18”47 (1”37)* | 18”45 (1”44)* | |
| 4 weeks Post | 18”00 (1”47)† | 17”54 (1”56)† | |
|
VO2 max (ml·min-1) |
Pre | 3633 (508) | 3578 (332) |
| 4-6 days Post | 3816 (587) | 3569 (503) | |
| 4 weeks Post | 3593 (500) | 3486 (478) | |
|
VO2 max/kg (ml·min-1·kg-1) |
Pre | 49.5 (6.6) | 49.5 (4.9) |
| 4-6 days Post | 52.0 (7.3) | 49.6 (6.6) | |
| 4 weeks Post | 49.0 (6.3) | 48.0 (5) | |
* denotes p < 0.05 between pre-test and 4-6 days post-test.
† denotes p < 0.05 between 4-6 days post-test and 4 weeks post-test. There was no statistical difference between groups.