Aerobic training (Group I)
Combined training (Group II)
First monitored exercise session
Last monitored exercise session
Δ%
First monitored exercise session
Last monitored exercise session
Δ%
P-value
83.8± 7.5
77.4±6.1
-7.6*
75.6±7.2
69.4±6.3
-8.1*
0.0011*
139.6±6.0
129±7.0
-7.0*
137.7±12.9
128.0±8.4
-7.0*
0.001*
77.1±7.8
70.6
-8.4*
80.3±8.0
73.1±5.6
-9.0*
0.00026*
117.1±12.6
100.5±9.7
-14.2*
103.9±12.5
88.7±8.3
-14.6*
0.0003*
3.0±0.5
4.1±0.8
36.1*
2.6±0.4
4.4±0.6
67.2*
0.0001*
Table 7:
Cardiopulmonary exercise tolerance and efficiency. HR: Heart Rate; SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; RPP: Rate Pressure Product. Data presented mean and SD, * indicate significant change from baseline (P ≤ 0.05).