| Indicator | Group | Initially | After 12 procedures | After 24 procedures |
| VO2 peak, ml/min | EG | 3061 ± 491 | 3252 ± 474 | 3382 ± 383** (p = 0.02) |
| CG | 3009 ± 565 | 2818 ± 496# (p = 0.05) | 2801 ± 608# (p = 0.02) | |
| VO2 peak, % | EG | 93.9 ± 10.6 | 97.4 ± 11.6 | 98.7 ± 11.8* (p = 0.04) |
| CG | 97.6 ± 13.1 | 96.0 ± 7.7 | 91.0 ± 11.9 | |
| VO2 peak/BM | EG | 39.6 ± 4.5 | 41.1 ± 4.9 | 42.6 ± 3.4* (p = 0.05) |
| CG | 41.2 ± 5.5 | 40.5 ± 3.2 | 38.0 ± 5.0 | |
| VE, L/min | EG | 101.3 ± 17.7 | 114.9 ± 20.0* (p = 0.02) | 121.1 ± 12.9* (p = 0.01) |
| CG | 99.2 ± 27.5 | 92.6 ± 27.2 | 98.3 ± 32.8# (p = 0.05) | |
| Rf, resp/min | EG | 40 ± 8.9 | 44.8 ± 6.2* (p = 0.01) | 42.6 ± 10.2 |
| CG | 40.7 ± 10.1 | 38.2 ± 10.0# (p = 0.05) | 40.9 ± 9.0 | |
| HRmax, bpm | EG | 180.7 ± 11.4 | 183.5 ± 10.0 | 179.8 ± 13.1 |
| CG | 175.8 ± 17.1 | 176.5 ± 12.3 | 169.6 ± 17.2 | |
| HRmax, % | EG | 90.3 ± 5.2 | 91.7 ± 5.0 | 89.9 ± 6.8 |
| CG | 87.3 ± 8.5 | 87.6 ± 6.3 | 84.2 ± 8.5 | |
| VO2 AT/BM | EG | 18.9 ± 2.4 | 21.9 ± 2.8* (p = 0.004) | 22.5 ± 2.2* (p = 0.002) |
| CG | 21.9 ± 2.8# (p = 0.03) | 21.5 ± 4.4 | 20.9 ± 3.5 | |
| VO2 AT, % | EG | 48.0 ± 5.9 | 53.7 ± 7.6* (p = 0.004) | 54.4 ± 6.3* (p = 0.01) |
| CG | 53.8 ± 8.6 | 53.6 ± 13.4 | 55.5 ± 11.0 | |
| VO2 peak/HRmax, ml/bpm | EG | 16.9 ± 2.4 | 17.7 ± 2.4 | 18.9 ± 2.5* (p = 0.01) |
| CG | 17.4 ± 4.8 | 16.0 ± 2.6 | 16.5 ± 3.0# (p = 0.05) | |
| VE/VO2 peak | EG | 25.6 ± 3.4 | 28.0 ± 4.5 | 28.5 ± 3.1 |
| CG | 24.0 ± 5.2 | 22.8 ± 6.0# (p = 0.05) | 25.4 ± 6.1 | |
| exercise time to exhaustion | EG | 946 ± 189 | 1089 ± 119* (p = 0.03) | 1089 ± 97* (p = 0.03) |
| CG | 1035 ± 69 | 1036 ± 26 | 991 ± 121# (p = 0.03) |