Table 3.

Pre- and postexercise training cardiometabolic responses to steady-state cycling exercise

	Control				Moderate Burn Injury				High Burn Injury
	50 W		75 W		50 W		75 W		50 W		75 W
	Pretraining	Posttraining	Pretraining	Posttraining	Pretraining	Posttraining	Pretraining	Posttraining	Pretraining	Posttraining	Pretraining	Posttraining
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg	101 ± 7	99 ± 3	100 ± 5	102 ± 7	109 ± 5	101 ± 3	109 ± 6	109 ± 6	105 ± 3	103 ± 3	109 ± 5	102 ± 4
Cardiac output, L/min	10.0 ± 0.3	10.6 ± 0.3	10.9 ± 0.4	11.8 ± 0.3	9.4 ± 0.6	9.7 ± 0.5	11.5 ± 0.5	10.8 ± 0.5	10.4 ± 0.3	9.9 ± 0.3	11.3 ± 0.5	11.1 ± 0.3
V̇o2, L/min	0.94 ± 0.03	0.93 ± 0.03	1.16 ± 0.03	1.11 ± 0.03	0.88 ± 0.03	0.88 ± 0.03	1.07 ± 0.03	1.07 ± 0.03	0.93 ± 0.03	0.87 ± 0.02*	1.14 ± 0.03	1.04 ± 0.02*
RPE, U	9 ± 1	8 ± 1*	11 ± 1	10 ± 1*	10 ± 1	8 ± 1*	12 ± 1	10 ± 1*	10 ± 1	9 ± 1*	12 ± 1	10 ± 1*
Lactate, mmol/L	2.5 ± 0.4	2.0 ± 0.4*	2.4 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.4*	2.5 ± 0.4	1.9 ± 0.2*	3.5 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.3*	2.1 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.1*	2.8 ± 0.3	1.8 ± 0.2*

Values are means ± SE. RPE, rate of perceived exertion.

^*P < 0.05 vs. pretraining within workload.