Table 3. Physiological and clinical response on identical intensity trails from three public spaces (boulevard, beach and park) in healthy subjects.
Low intensity trail | Boulevard | Beach | Park | p-value |
Peak HR (beats/min), m (SD) | 110 (13) | 107 (9) | 108 (8) | 0.74 |
Walking speed (m/s), m (SD) | 1.5 (0.2) | 1.7 (0.2) | 1.6 (0.2) | 0.03 |
Final dyspnea (Borg score), median (p25-p75) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.40 |
Final leg fatigue (Borg score), median (p25-p75) | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0.75 |
Moderate intensity trail | Boulevard | Beach | Park | p-value |
Peak HR (beats/min), m (SD) | 120 (9) | 114 (10) | 116 (10) | 0.40 |
Walking speed (m/s), m (SD) | 1.5 (0.1) | 1.7 (0.2) | 1.5 (0.1) | 0.02 |
Final dyspnea (Borg score), median (p25-p75) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.36 |
Final leg fatigue (Borg score), median (p25-p75) | 1 (0–1) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 0.57 |
High intensity trail | Boulevard | Beach | Park | p-value |
Peak HR (beats/min), m (SD) | 119 (12) | 118 (10) | 130 (15) | 0.07 |
Walking speed (m/s), m (SD) | 1.5 (0.1) | 1.6 (0.2) | 1.6 (0.2) | 0.08 |
Final dyspnea (Borg score), median (p25-p75) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–1) | 0.91 |
Final leg fatigue (Borg score), median (p25-p75) | 1 (1–2) | 2 (1–2) | 2 (1–3) | 0.71 |
HR: heart rate.