ABSTRACT
The amplitude of the slow component (As’) was calculated as the difference in the mean of the 2 amplitude over the last 30 s of exercise ( 2tot) and A. The slow component was expressed in relative terms as the percentage contribution of As’ to 2tot. The functional ‘gain’ of the phase II 2 response was computed by dividing the amplitude of the phase II response (A) by the change in work rate (*WR). This method was replicated to compute the functional gain of the entire response.
