Table 3. Exercise test data at baseline, week six and week twelve. Data are means (±SD).
|
Supervised |
Home based |
Control |
| Week |
1 |
6 |
12 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
| MWT(min) |
6.5 (4.0) |
12.0 (5.6)* |
12.1 (6.3)* |
6.1 (3.3) |
7.1 (4.7) |
7.2 (5.2) |
6.4 (4.4) |
6.3 (5.2) |
7.1 (7.1) |
| VO2peak |
14.2 (3.8) |
14.3 (3.7) |
13.7 (4.2) |
14.3 (4.1) |
14.0 (4.4) |
13.7 (4.1) |
14.8 (4.7) |
14.5 (3.9) |
14.3 (5.1) |
| RER |
.96 (.10) |
1.00 (.10) |
.99 (.12) |
1.03 (.08) |
1.01 (.10) |
1.03 (.99) |
1.00 (.13) |
.99 (.07) |
.99 (.09) |
| RPE |
16.0 (2.0) |
15.0 (2.5) |
15.1 (2.4) |
16.0 (2.0) |
16.0 (2.5) |
16.1 (2.5) |
15.0 (2.0) |
14.7 (2.5) |
14.3 (5.1) |
| Pain rating |
3.0 (.5) |
3.0 (1.0) |
2.8 (.9) |
3.0 (1.0) |
3.0 (1.0) |
2.8 (.9) |
3.0 (.5) |
3.0 (1.0) |
2.6 (.7) |
* Significant (p < 0.001) change from baseline. MWT = Maximal walking time (min),VO (mL·kg·min) = maximal oxygen uptake attained during incremental exercise testing, RER = Respiratory exchange ratio, RPE = Rating of perceived exertion.
