An arm ergometry graded exercise test was performed at the end of rehabilitation.
In addition to this battery of tasks, aerobic fitness was measured at pre-test and post-test for all participants using a graded exercise test designed to measure maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max).
Each participant completed runs to exhaustion on a treadmill at 110%, 90% (day 1), and 105% and 100% (day 2) of the peak velocity (PV) determined from a graded exercise test.
Participants completed a ramp exercise test (started at 0 W and increased by 15 W/minute) and a graded exercise test (GXT, started at 30 W and increased by 15 W every 2 minutes) designed to assess whether ˙VO2peak, POpeak, and peak heart rate (HRpeak) differed between the two exercise tests.
Graded exercise test to exhaustion.
Based on the Oxygen consumption (VO2) predicted from the individual VO2-intensity relationship determined from the graded exercise test, the AOD can be determined during supramaximal exercise protocol [12].
No study set work rate based on initial maximal aerobic capacity determined by graded exercise test.
Peak heart rates achieved during their medically supervised graded exercise test represented 79% of their age-predicted heart rate maximum.
Six weeks after starting the training program, each subject underwent a graded exercise test to readjust the training workload [ 21].
Graded exercise test measures were done at the same visit as the DXA measures or within 1 week of each other if not on the same day.
The final model included demographics, dietary variables, fitness (exercise capacity on graded exercise test), and class use of medications to control lipids and glucose.
