Table 3.
Mean, standard deviation, median and range of maximal values, thresholds and slopes (Group 1 was investigated with protocols P0 and P1, group 2 with protocols P0 and P2, group 3 with protocols P0 and P3 and group 4 with protocols P0 and P4. N = 30 per group)
| Group | Protocol 0 | Protocol 1, 2, 3 or 4 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Median | Range | Mean | SD | Median | Range | ||||
|
HR max min−1 |
1 | 194.4 | 6.9 | 194.0 | 27.0 | 192.8 | 7.4 | 191.0 | 31.0 | ||
| 2 | 198.1 | 7.4 | 197.0 | 27.0 | 198.2 | 8.5 | 198.5 | 33.0 | |||
| 3 | 194.2 | 10.8 | 194.0 | 45.0 | 195.3 | 12.4 | 198.5 | 55.0 | |||
| 4 | 195.5 | 9.2 | 195.0 | 34.0 | 194.6 | 8.2 | 195.0 | 37.0 | |||
|
Pmax/kg Watt/kg |
1 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 2.7 | |||
| 3 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | |||
| 4 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 1.7 | |||
|
VO2peak/kg ml/kg/min |
1 | 49.9 | 6.5 | 49.6 | 23.4 | 49.7 | 7.5 | 51.2 | 29.1 | ||
| 2 | 49.3 | 7.1 | 51.0 | 30.8 | 50.2 | 8.0 | 51.7 | 33.8 | |||
| 3 | 51.4 | 10.0 | 52.6 | 35.5 | 51.2 | 10.5 | 54.0 | 35.8 | |||
| 4 | 48.3 | 4.7 | 47.9 | 18.6 | 48.4 | 5.8 | 47.8 | 24.1 | |||
|
O2 Pulse ml/min−1 |
1 | 15.5 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 12.9 | 15.6 | 3.9 | 15.9 | 14.6 | ||
| 2 | 17.0 | 4.1 | 16.5 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 4.3 | 17.0 | 19.2 | |||
| 3 | 16.4 | 4.7 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 4.8 | 15.7 | 15.8 | |||
| 4 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 14.7 | 11.6 | 15.2 | 3.2 | 15.0 | 11.0 | |||
|
VO2/kg_VT ml/kg/min |
1 | 20.1 | 4.0 | 19.7 | 18.4 | 20.3 | 3.2 | 20.2 | 15.3 | ||
| 2 | 18.2 | 3.0 | 17.8 | 12.6 | 18.1 | 2.5 | 17.8 | 11.9 | |||
| 3 | 24.8 | 7.8 | 25.0 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 7.4 | 24.0 | 25.3 | |||
| 4 | 20.0 | 3.2 | 20.1 | 12.8 | 19.7 | 3.2 | 19.3 | 13.2 | |||
|
VO2/kg_2mmol ml/kg/min |
1 | 27.8 | 4.8 | 28.5 | 21.0 | 28.2 | 4.5 | 28.2 | 16.8 | ||
| 2 | 27.9 | 5.2 | 27.3 | 23.5 | 29.7 | 5.9 | 30.7 | 26.1 | |||
| 3 | 33.9 | 9.3 | 31.7 | 33.0 | 33.4 | 8.9 | 33.3 | 32.0 | |||
| 4 | 28.3 | 4.8 | 27.3 | 20.8 | 28.4 | 5.0 | 28.4 | 17.6 | |||
|
VO2/kg_4mmol ml/kg/min |
1 | 38.8 | 8.7 | 38.8 | 46.8 | 37.6 | 5.4 | 37.7 | 18.4 | ||
| 2 | 36.8 | 5.2 | 36.9 | 26.2 | 38.0 | 6.3 | 38.5 | 29.9 | |||
| 3 | 42.1 | 9.7 | 42.0 | 32.2 | 41.8 | 9.4 | 43.3 | 33.9 | |||
| 4 | 37.7 | 4.9 | 36.5 | 20.8 | 37.3 | 5.2 | 37.1 | 18.9 | |||
|
VO2/kg_IAT ml/kg/min |
1 | 35.1 | 5.4 | 34.7 | 23.5 | 35.5 | 6.0 | 36.4 | 23.3 | ||
| 2 | 36.7 | 6.3 | 38.5 | 27.9 | 38.5 | 7.1 | 39.4 | 31.0 | |||
| 3 | 40.5 | 10.9 | 41.4 | 39.1 | 39.3 | 10.6 | 40.3 | 37.5 | |||
| 4 | 34.1 | 4.8 | 33.8 | 19.2 | 34.2 | 6.4 | 33.2 | 24.9 | |||
| Slope VE/VCO2 | 1 | 27.7 | 3.4 | 27.3 | 14.9 | 28.8 | 4.3 | 28.9 | 22.2 | ||
| 2 | 29.1 | 4.2 | 28.4 | 18.1 | 27.3 | 4.0 | 27.2 | 20.7 | |||
| 3 | 30.3 | 5.2 | 30.3 | 28.3 | 29.9 | 5.0 | 28.8 | 24.7 | |||
| 4 | 30.7 | 4.2 | 30.6 | 16.5 | 31.1 | 3.9 | 31.3 | 14.0 | |||
| OUES | 1 | 1256.4 | 277.7 | 1249.9 | 1028.2 | 1275.8 | 293.1 | 1283.0 | 1118.3 | ||
| 2 | 1426.7 | 343.6 | 1451.2 | 1430.9 | 1473.7 | 359.0 | 1472.5 | 1370.5 | |||
| 3 | 1388.1 | 397.9 | 1311.0 | 1401.8 | 1401.4 | 419.6 | 1360.3 | 1539.0 | |||
| 4 | 1283.1 | 207.8 | 1278.6 | 825.4 | 1299.7 | 255.4 | 1290.5 | 946.7 | |||