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. 2021 Mar 12;121(6):1783–1794. doi: 10.1007/s00421-021-04601-y

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