Fig. 7

Sub-maximal outcomes: the green lines link the sample pairs from each participant. the red horizontal bars depict mean values. D is the difference between the paired samples: D = DLP - CE. MD is the mean difference (red horizontal bar), with its 95% confidence interval (CI) in blue. A significant difference between the means is marked by 0 lying outwith the 95% CI (p<0.05, Table 1). a\(\dot {V}\text {O}_{\mathrm {2VT1}}\): MD = -0.224 L/min, 95% CI = (-0.421,-0.027), p=0.029. b\(\dot {V}\text {O}_{\mathrm {2VT2}}\): MD = -0.768 L/min, 95% CI = (-1.140,-0.396), p=0.0012