Table 1: Cardiopulmonary exercise test results. *After warm-up. **mean values of the last minute of the CPX.
Start* | VT | RCP | HRDP | Maximum | ||
Achieved | %PRED | |||||
Power output | ||||||
Exercise time (min:sec) | 0:00 | 7:45 | 14:40 | 15:35 | 18:30 | - |
Workload (W) | 80 | 120 | 155 | 160 | 259** | - |
Cadence (RPM) | 60 | 73 | 86 | 89 | 104** | - |
Metabolic | ||||||
VO2 (mL/kg/min) | 22.9 | 34.4 | 39.3 | 39.7 | 47.2 | 113 |
VO2 (METs) | 6.5 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 124 |
VO2 (L/min) | 1395 | 2.100 | 2.400 | 2.420 | 2.789 | 110 |
VCO2 (L/min) | 998 | 1.900 | 2.350 | 2.430 | 3.800 | - |
RER (VCO2/VO2) | 0.72 | 0.92 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.26 | - |
Cardiovascular | ||||||
Heart rate (bpm) | 108 | 128 | 142 | 144 | 161 | 92 |
Heart rate recovery (bpm at 1 min) | - | - | - | - | 138 | - |
Oxygen pulse (VO2/HR, mL/bpm) | 11.8 | 15.1 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 18.8 | 130 |
Ventilatory | ||||||
VE (L∙min-1) | 26 | 48 | 59 | 63 | 135 | 96 |
Respiratory rate (br/min) | 15 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 52 | 104 |
VE/VO2 (L∙min-1/L∙min-1) | 19 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 43 | - |
VE/VCO2 (L∙min-1/L∙min-1) | 26 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 33 | - |
VE/VCO2 slope | - | 21 | 21 | 21 | 29 | - |
PetCO2 (mmHg) | 39 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 36 | - |