Table 2.
Average (± SD) VO
2
measurements for each group, in each shoe condition during pre- and post-10 weeks of training.
Time
Control Group
Experimental Group
Traditional
VFF
Speed
Traditional
VFF
Speed
Pre
42.9 (7.4)
42.0 (7.3)
3.45 (.44)
42.6 (4.1)
42.6 (5.4)
3.34 (.46)
Post
40.8 (5.2)
39.9 (4.8)
39.1 (5.8)
38.2 (5.7)
% change (pre-post)
3.1 (15.2)
*
2.8 (16.2)
*
8.4 (7.17)
*
10.4 (6.88)
*
VO
2
measurements are in ml·kg
-1
·min
-1
, running speed measurements are in m/s. p-values for various comparisons are listed in the Results section.
* denotes improvement from pre- to post-training testing.