Table 2 Muscle activity pre and post-test for both groups during the loading phase (% maximum voluntary isometric contraction)
Muscles | Control | ∆% | Intervention | ∆% | Sig. (Effect size) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-test | Post-test | 95% CI | Pre-test | Post-test | 95% CI | Time | Group | Group x Time | |||
TA | 34.67 ± 10.23 | 34.64 ± 8.82 | − 2.63,2.69 | − 0.08 | 34.29 ± 10.91 | 37.10 ± 14.11 | − 5.38,− 0.24 | 8.19 | 0.129(0.403) | 0.706(0.090) | 0.121(0.414) |
Gas-M | 15.20 ± 3.66 | 15.09 ± 3.65 | − 1.32,.1.53 | − 0.72 | 15.48 ± 4.77 | 15.74 ± 4.25 | − 2.48,1.96 | 1.67 | 0.907(0.000) | 0.579(0.142) | 0.780(0.063) |
VL | 15.87 ± 12.33 | 15.97 ± 8.90 | − 4.54,4.34 | 0.63 | 15.55 ± 8.97 | 16.66 ± 10.65 | − 5.08,2.86 | 7.13 | 0.680(0.110) | 0.934(0.000) | 0.731(0.090) |
VM | 19.09 ± 10.08 | 18.80 ± 8.58 | − 2.13,2.71 | − 1.51 | 19.36 ± 10.28 | 21.15 ± 9.94 | − 6.12,2.55 | 9.24 | 0.540(0.168) | 0.556(0.155) | 0.396(0.220) |
RF | 20.38 ± 7.34 | 20.28 ± 6.80 | − 2.50,2.70 | − 0.49 | 20.79 ± 10.69 | 20.44 ± 7.28 | − 2.84,3.52 | − 1.68 | 0.828(0.063) | 0.880(0.000) | 0.905(0.000) |
BF | 20.94 ± 11.94 | 20.43 ± 12.69 | − 2.27,3.29 | − 2.43 | 25.61 ± 11.81 | 25.31 ± 12.51 | − 3.04,3.62 | − 1.17 | 0.707(0.090) | 0.114(0.419) | 0.920(0.000) |
ST | 15.96 ± 7.03 | 15.49 ± 6.86 | − 1.41,2.36 | − 2.94 | 15.55 ± 5.97 | 16.05 ± 6.48 | − 2.67,1.66 | 3.21 | 0.981(0.000) | 0.962(0.000) | 0.490(0.180) |
Glut-M | 31.01 ± 14.34 | 30.36 ± 17.06 | − 5.69,6.98 | − 2.09 | 31.36 ± 11.30 | 32.10 ± 10.93 | − 5.25,3.75 | 2.35 | 0.979(0.000) | 0.724(0.090) | 0.716(0.090) |