Twenty-five years of research on the effects of exercise training in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review of the literature

Table 3 2007-2013 cardiorespiratory function study results summary

Measure	No. of studies	N	Baseline		Post-intervention		Change		P
			Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	95%CI
Cardiorespiratory function
Treadmill VO2peak (mL/kg per minute)
Exercise	1	71	25.20	-	25.70	-	0.5	-	-
Control	1	73	24.80	-	23.50	-	-1.3	-	-
Treadmill VO2peak (L/min)
Exercise	1	71	1.72	-	1.77	-	0.05	-	-
Control	1	73	1.76	-	1.68	-	-0.08	-	-
Est. Treadmill VO2peak (mL/kg per minute)
Exercise	9	265	23.51	4.56	27.05	5.12	3.54	-4.84-2.26	< 0.0005
Control	5	88	24.45	6.08	25.02	6.80	0.57	-2.85	0.328
Bike VO2peak (mL/kg per minute)
Exercise	2	37	22.11	3.68	24.49	3.38	2.38	-5.47	0.057
Control	2	33	21.98	6.34	20.83	6.82	-1.15	-8.77	0.185
Bike VO2peak (L/min)
Exercise	1	10	1.41	-	1.59	-	0.18	-	-
Control	1	10	1.34	-	1.20	-	-0.14	-	-
Est. Bike VO2peak (mL/kg per minute)
Exercise	1	18	21.07	-	23.88	-	2.81	-	-
Control	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6-min walk test (m)
Exercise	2	30	463.23	56.37	482.57	49.84	19.34	-117.4	0.149
Control	2	32	450.14	33.57	440.62	33.40	-9.52	8.05-10.98	0.008
12-min walk test (m)
Exercise	3	129	931.00	102.93	1093.0	160.18	162	-364.7	0.062
Control	3	124	921.03	148.50	888.13	132.92	-32.9	-258.0	0.387
2 km walk test (min)
Exercise	3	313	18.05	0.44	17.38	0.42	-0.67	-1.60	0.070
Control	3	280	17.94	0.33	17.33	0.23	-0.61	0.34-0.86	0.010

VO_2peak: Peak oxygen uptake; Treadmill VO_2peak: VO_2peak obtained directly through CPET with gas exchange; Est. Treadmill VO_2peak: VO_2peak estimated via submaximal CPET; CPET: Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Est.: Estimated.