Table 2.

Physiological parameters for the intervention group (IG) and the control group (CG) at baseline and after 3-month period.

	IG (n = 15)		CG (n = 15)
	T0	T3	T0	T3
$\dot{\text{V}}$O2peak (ml·kg−1 min−1)	15.9 ± 3.0	18.5 ± 3.2*	18.6 ± 4.2	17.9 ± 5.7
METpeak	4.5 ± 0.8	5.3 ± 1*	5.3 ± 1.2	5.1 ± 1.6
WRpeak (W)	65.7 ± 25.9	78.6 ± 26.1*	96.0 ± 23.0	88.3 ± 20.0
%HRmax (%)	77.1 ± 9.5	77.9 ± 7.9	79.0 ± 5.8	80.3 ± 7.5
%$\dot{\text{V}}$O2peak at AerTge (%)	57.7 ± 11.9	51.7 ± 11.6	58.1 ± 12.1	59.9 ± 16.5
%HRmax at AerTge (%)	57.7 ± 8.3	56.1 ± 8.0	60.0 ± 7.6	60.0 ± 6.7
%HRR at AerTge (%)	24.4 ± 12.2	21.6 ± 9.8	18.9 ± 4.7	18.4 ± 7.2
WR at AerTge (w)	20.4 ± 4.7	28.0 ± 8.2*	20.8 ± 9.5	23.3 ± 0.3
ΔHR (bpm)	21.5 ± 11.6	18.9 ± 9.5	14.2 ± 3.9	14.3 ± 7.7
MET at AerTge	2.6 ± 0.6	2.6 ± 0.6	3.1 ± 0.6	2.9 ± 0.6

$\dot{\text{V}}$O_2peak: peak oxygen uptake; MET: metabolic equivalent; WR_peak: peak work rate.

HR_max: maximum heart rate; HRR: heart rate reserve; ΔHR: heart rate at AerT_ge-heart rate at rest.

^∗ P < 0.05 versus T0.