Table 2.
Primary outcomes during graded treadmill assessments at peak speeds
| Experimental - RCT | Control | P-values | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSL | POST | F/U | BSL | POST | F/U | time | groupXtime | |
| VO2submax (ml/kg/min) | 15±5.2 | 21±9.1 | 20±6.3 | 14±3.6 | 15±3.6 | 15±3.4 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
| OUES (a.u.) | 1.5±0.67 | 2.2±0.67 | 2.0±0.59 | 1.7±0.47 | 1.7±0.43 | 1.7±0.58 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| O2cost (ml/kg/m) | 0.48±0.15 | 0.33±0.07 | 0.34±0.11 | 0.65±0.91 | 0.61±0.91 | 0.37±0.15 | 0.02 | 0.29 |
| VO2match (ml/kg/min) | 15±5.2 | 14±5.0 | 13±4.5 | 14±3.6 | 13±2.8 | 13±3.5 | 0.07 | 0.48 |
| Experimental - Pilot | P -Values | |||||||
| BSL | POST | F/U | time | |||||
| VO2submax (ml/kg/min) | 12±2.3 | 16±4.5 | 17±3.6 | <0.01 | ||||
| OUES (a.u.) | 1.5±0.51 | 1.7±0.55 | 1.7±0.60 | 0.11 | ||||
| O2cost (ml/kg/m) | 0.50±0.32 | 0.25±0.03 | 0.27±0.06 | 0.01 | ||||
| VO2match (ml/kg/min) | 12±2.3 | 10±2.8 | 11±2.5 | 0.22 | ||||