Table 3.
Characteristics of—CPET.
| Time to Exhaustion: 9.4 ± 1.4 min | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rest | Peak | VT2 | VT1 | Reco1 | Reco2 | Reco3 | |
| WR (W) | 0 | 173.3 ± 27.8 | 111.3 ± 26.5 | 74.9 ± 14.8 | 74 | 74 | 74 |
| VE (L) | 21 ± 4.1 | 152.4 ± 18.7 | 108.6 ± 12.3 | 72.8 ± 11.0 | 110.5 ± 18.5 | 82 ± 13.7 | 68.1 ± 12.1 |
| VO2 (mL/min/kg) | 6.7 ± 1.0 | 44.1 ± 3.4 | 40.8 ± 3.9 | 32.3 ± 5.4 | 34.0 ± 3.8 | 20.3 ± 2.1 | 16.9 ± 1.9 |
| VCO2 (L/min) | 0.6 ± 0.1 | 4.7 ± 0.5 | 3.7 ± 0.2 | 2.5 ± 0.3 | 3.7 ± 0.5 | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 1.9 ± 0.3 |
| RER | 0.90 ± 0.1 | 1.19 ± 0.1 | 1.01 ± 0.0 | 0.89 ± 0.0 | 1.20 ± 0.1 | 1.34 ± 0.1 | 1.24 ± 0.1 |
| VE/VCO2 | 37.8 ± 3.8 | 32.6 ± 2.8 | 29.6 ± 2.3 | 28.6 ± 2.4 | 30.2 ± 3.3 | 33.4 ± 2.8 | 35.8 ± 2.9 |
| O2 pulse (mL/bpm) | 6.9 ± 2.0 | 21.5 ± 2.2 | 21.7 ± 2.0 | 20.1 ± 2.3 | 18.4 ± 2.5 | 13.2 ± 1.9 | 12.2 ± 1.4 |
| HR (bpm/min) | 84 ± 2.0 | 183 ± 8.3 | 168 ± 8.2 | 144 ± 13.7 | 166 ± 14.5 | 140 ± 1.9 | 126 ± 12.5 |
| VE/VO2 | 33.9 ± 4.9 | 38.8 ± 3.9 | 29.8 ± 2.6 | 25.3 ± 2.2 | 36.3 ± 4.6 | 44.7 ± 4.6 | 44.5 ± 5.0 |
| Speed (km/h) | 0 | 16.7 ± 1.3 | 13.3 ± 1.6 | 10.1 ± 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Legend-Abbreviation: CPET—Cardiopulmonary exercise testing; Rest—Rest values; Peak—Peak values at end of the test; VT2—Second ventilatory threshold; VT1—First ventilatory threshold; Reco1—First minute of recovery; Reco2—Second minute of recovery; Reco3—Third minute of recovery; WE (W)—work rate in watts; VE (L)—Ventilation in liters; VO2 (mL/min/kg)—Oxygen uptake in milliliters per kilogram per minute; VCO2 (L/min) Carbon dioxide production liters per minute; R—Respiratory exchange ratio; VE/VCO2—Ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide production; O2 pulse (mL/bpm)—Oxygen pulse – oxygen uptake milliliters per heart beat; HR (bpm/min)—Heart Rate beats per minute; VE/VO2—Ventilatory equivalent for oxygen uptake.