Table 5. Respiratory data recorded at 50% and 100% exercise duration in the CR trial and those recorded at the iso-time points in the Mimic trial (n = 9). Data are means (±SD).
50% 100%
CR Mimic CR Mimic
VE (l.min-1) 102.9 (10.1) 101.4 (13.1) 127.3 (16.0) 122.0 (16.4)
VT (l) 2.02 (.41) 1.99 (.34) 2.06 (.42) 1.87 (.26)
fb (breath.min-1) 53.4 (13.5) 52.9 (11.7) 64.2 (13.2) 66.1 (8.6)
Ti/Ttot (%) 49.8 (2.8) 48.4 (5.4) 50.3 (3.2) 49.9 (2.7)
V, minute ventilation; V, tidal volume; f, breathing frequency; T/T, duty cycle
The difference in all variables between CR and Mimic are not significant (p > 0.05)