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),VO2peak (mL·kg-1·min-1) = maximal oxygen uptake attained during incremental exercise testing, RER = Respiratory exchange ratio, RPE = Rating of perceived exertion.