Table 2 Physiological and perceptual responses during cycling endurance test pre and post respiratory muscle endurance training (RMET), inspiratory muscle resistive training (IMT) and SHAM training.

Mean values

 \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)_E (l∙min⁻¹)

  Pre

139.0 (28.7)

148.9 (23.4)

140.0 (22.5)

  Post

138.7 (30.4)^†

142.6 (25.0)^†

135.3 (24.5)^†

 V_T (l)

  Pre

3.0 (0.5)

3.1 (0.8)

2.8 (0.7)

  Post

3.4 (0.5)^†††

3.3 (1.0)^†††

3.1 (0.7)^†††

  f_B (breaths min⁻¹)

  Pre

47 (8)

51 (17)

54 (17)

  Post

41 (9)^†††

48 (18)^†††

46 (14)^†††

 \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)O₂ (ml∙min⁻¹)

  Pre

3520 (622)

3538 (577)

3290 (509)

  Post

3654 (543)^†

3558 (678)^†

3351 (497)^†

 \({\dot{\text{V}}}\)CO₂ (ml∙min⁻¹)

  Pre

3481 (590)

3688 (507)

3381 (511)

  Post

3668 (565)^†

3660 (672)*^†

3415 (466)^†

 P_ETCO₂ (mmHg)

  Pre

30.4 (2.2)

30.3 (4.6)

28.8 (2.9)

  Post

31.8 (2.3)^†††

31.5 (5.0)^†††

30.4 (2.9)^†††

 HR (bpm)

  Pre

167 (10)

167 (12)

172 (9)

  Post

169 (10)

166 (12)

170 (9)

 Blood Lactate Concentration (mmol∙l⁻¹)

  Pre

8.9 (1.9)

10.5 (1.5)

9.9 (1.8)

  Post

9.0 (2.3)

9.7 (1.9)

9.8 (1.8)

 Breathlessness (points)

  Pre

1.4 (2.4)

0.5 (0.6)

2.0 (1.9)

  Post

0.4 (0.7)

0.6 (0.9)

1.9 (2.4)

 Resp. Exertion (points)

  Pre

4.9 (2.0)

5.0 (2.3)

6.7 (1.8)

  Post

3.7 (1.6) ^†

4.1 (2.2) ^†

5.7 (2.0) ^†

 Leg Exertion (points)

  Pre

5.9 (1.2)

5.9 (2.0)

6.2 (2.1)

  Post

5.8 (1.7)

5.7 (2.4)

6.2 (1.0)

End Part 1 (isotime)

 HR (bpm)

  Pre

178 (9)

178 (12)

183 (9)

  Post

179 (9)

176 (12)

181 (9)

 Blood Lactate Concentration (mmol∙l⁻¹)

  Pre

11.0 (2.6)

12.8 (2.3)

12.0 (2.1)

  Post

10.9 (2.8)

12.0 (2.4)

11.9 (2.2)

 Breathlessness (points)

  Pre

2.5 (3.8)

1.7 (3.0)

5.1 (3.8)

  Post

1.1 (1.9)

1.1 (1.7)

3.0 (3.5)

 Respiratory Exertion (points)

  Pre

8.1 (2.0)

7.7 (2.8)

9.0 (1.6)

  Post

6.6 (2.4)^†

6.2 (3.2)^†

8.4 (2.5)^†

 Leg Exertion (points)

  Pre

9.6 (0.6)

8.6 (1.7)

8.6 (1.7)

  Post

8.3 (1.3)^†

8.1 (2.2)^†

7.6 (2.3)^†