Table 2.
Characteristics of the 3-week breathing program and inspiratory fractions of oxygen (FiO2) during the breathing cycles of the hypoxia (n=8) and control (n=8) groups
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| Breathing cycles per session | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Duration of breathing cycles (minutes) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| FiO2 hypoxia group (%) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| FiO2 control group (%) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |