Office-Cycling: A Promising Way to Raise Pain Thresholds and Increase Metabolism with Minimal Compromising of Work Performance

Table 2

Baseline characteristics.

	All	Female	Male
Sex	36 (100%)	21 (58%)	15 (42%)
Age, years	26.8 (7.6)	25.6 (8.1)	28.5 (6.7)
Height, cm	172.3 (10.4)	166.9 (8.4)	179.9 (7.9)
Weight, kg	71.0 (14.3)	67.0 (14.2)	76.5 (12.9)
Estimated VO2max, l/min	3.0 (0.7)	2.7 (0.6)	3.4 (0.7)
Test value, ml O2/kgmin	42.5 (10.1)	41.1 (10.3)	44.5 (9.9)
MAP output 100%, watt	209.4 (52.1)	189.0 (43.7)	238.0 (50.7)

MAP output = maximum aerobic power output; VO₂max = maximum oxygen uptake.