Table 3. Patient data at Baseline and post-NACRT.
| Baseline | Post-NACRT | Mean difference | P | |
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | (95% CI) | ||
| kPCr 1 (min−1) | 1.5 (0.5) | 1.1 (0.3) | −0.4 (−0.5, −0.2) | 0.001 |
 o2 at 
L (ml.kg−1.min−1) |
12.3 (3.4) | 9.9 (2.2) | −2.4 (−3.8, −0.9) | 0.004 |
 o2 at 
L (L.min−1) |
0.9 (0.3) | 0.7 (0.2) | −0.2 (−0.1, −0.3) | 0.003 |
 o2 Peak (ml.kg−1.min−1) |
18.7 (6.1) | 14.7 (4.0) | −4.0 (−6.8, −1.1) | 0.011 |
 o2 Peak (L.min−1) |
1.4 (0.5) | 1.1 (0.3) | −0.3 (−0.1, −0.5) | 0.013 |
O2 pulse at 
L (ml.beat−1) |
8.9 (2.9) | 7.7 (2.2) | −1.2 (−0.2, −2.1) | 0.022 |
| O2 pulse at Peak (ml.beat−1) | 10.5 (3.6) | 8.7 (2.2) | −1.8 (−0.3, −3.3) | 0.024 |
E/ co2 at 
L
|
34.5 (6.4) | 34.2 (4.3) | −0.3 (2.5, −3.1) | 0.825 |
E/ co2 at Peak |
35.9 (4.6) | 37.1 (4.8) | 0.3 (−3.7, 1.4) | 0.080 |
| Average number of steps | 5352 (3913) | 3725 (2217) | −1627 (−59, 3195) | 0.039 |
Abbreviations: kPCr, post-exercise phosphocreatine recovery rate constant; 
o2 at 
L, oxygen uptake at estimated anaerobic threshold; 
o2 Peak, oxygen uptake at peak exercise; O2 pulse at 
L, oxygen pulse at estimated anaerobic threshold; O2 pulse at Peak, oxygen pulse at peak exercise; 
E/
co2 at 
L, ventilatory equivalents for carbon dioxide at estimated anaerobic threshold; 
E/
co2 at 
L, ventilatory equivalents for carbon dioxide at peak exercise; Work rate at 
L, work rate at estimated anaerobic threshold; Work rate at Peak, work rate at peak exercise.