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Table 2 Physiological characteristics of core exercise

From: Acute circulatory and femoral hemodynamic responses induced by standing core exercise at different rotational cadence: a crossover study

 

Fast core (75 rpm)

Slow core (20 rpm)

VO2, ml/kg/min

18.6 ± 0.7

12.0 ± 0.7

 HR, bpm

103 ± 4

93 ± 3

%VO2 peak

43 ± 2

28 ± 2

%HRmax

52 ± 2

47 ± 1

RER

0.86 ± 0.04

0.78 ± 0.02

  1. HR, Heart rate; %VO2 peak, Percentage of peak oxygen consumption (steady oxygen consumption obtained from core exercise/treadmill VO2 peak); %HRmax, Percentage of maximal heart rate (steady heart rate obtained from core exercise/treadmill HRmax), RER, Rate of exchange ratio
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

ISSN: 2052-1847

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