Table 2.  Physiological and mechanical variables
(n = 9) during submaximal rowing exercises. Data are means (ąSEM).
 

Normoxia

Hypoxia

VO2 (mL.min-1.kg-1)

30.1 (1.5)

30.3 (1.6)

VE (L.min-1)

56.5 (2.6)

66.9 (3.4) **

VT (L)

2.23 (.10)

2.16 (.09)

HR (beats.min-1)

129.7 (4.7)

140.1 (5.1) *

SR (strokes.min-1)

23.8 (1.4)

26.5 (1.1) *

Bf (breaths.min-1)

25.8 (1.6)

31.4 (1.8) **

Mean SR/Bf ratio

.93 (.04)

.86 (.05)
VO2, oxygen consumption; VE, ventilation.; VT, tidal volume, HR, heart rate; SR, stroke rate; Bf, breathing frequency; Mean SR/Bf ratio, mean stroke rate / breathing frequency ratio.
*, ** Significantly different from normoxia (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01).