Table 2.

$\dot{V}{\text{O}}_2$-kinetics of the unprimed and primed ramp test (n = 20)

	Unprimed	Primed
$\dot{V}{\text{O}}_{\text{2BSL}}$ (l·min−1)	1.26 ± 0.10	1.49 ± 0.16*
MRT (s)	45.5 ± 13.0	46.1 ± 20.0
$\mathrm{\Delta }\dot{V}{\text{O}}_2/\mathrm{\Delta }P$_S1 (ml·min−1 W−1)	9.56 ± 0.89	9.36 ± 2.28
$\mathrm{\Delta }\dot{V}{\text{O}}_2/\mathrm{\Delta }P$_S2 (ml·min−1 W−1)	10.41 ± 0.69	9.21 ± 0.79*
$\mathrm{\Delta }\dot{V}{\text{O}}_2/\mathrm{\Delta }P$_ST (ml·min−1 W−1)	10.31 ± 0.67	9.40 ± 0.66*

Data are Mean ± SD

$\dot{V}{O}_{2BSL}$ oxygen uptake at 50 W-baseline cycling before the corresponding ramp tests, MRT mean response time of ramp test $\dot{V}{\text{O}}_2$-kinetics, $\mathrm{\Delta }\dot{V}{O}_2/\mathrm{\Delta }P$ slope of the linear oxygen uptake–workload-relationship, S1 intensity between the second minute of ramp test and P_GET, S2 intensity between P_GET and 2 min before ramp test termination, ST intensity between the second minute of ramp test and 2 min before ramp test termination

*Significantly different from the unprimed ramp test