Peak exercise data of study population#
| Pre-rehabilitation | Post-rehabilitation | |
| WR W | 47±5 | 57±7* |
| WR % pred | 41±4 | 53±5* |
| Endurance time min | 7.7±0.7 | 9.1±0.8* |
| V’O2L·min-1 | 0.86±0.08 | 1.02±0.08* |
| RER | 0.96±0.03 | 0.97±0.02 |
| fC beats·min-1 | 123±5 | 125±5 |
| AT L·min-1 | 0.68±0.05 | 0.84±0.06* |
| Sp,O2 % | 92±1 | 91±1 |
Data are presented as mean±sem. WR: work rate; % pred: % predicted; V’O2: oxygen uptake; RER: respiratory exchange ratio; fC: cardiac frequency; AT: anaerobic threshold; Sp,O2: arterial oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry. #: n = 20; *: p<0.05 between pre- versus post-rehabilitation.