Table 4 Muscle activity pre and post-test for both groups during the push-off 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 | 17.13 ± 9.14 | 16.36 ± 8.27 | − 1.73,3.28 | − 3.09 | 17.17 ± 7.69 | 17.74 ± 7.39 | − 3.34,2.19 | 3.31 | 0.915(0.000) | 0.708(0.090) | 0.465(0.191) |
Gas-M | 54.85 ± 16.04 | 55.22 ± 20.45 | − 6.85,6.12 | 0.67 | 54.50 ± 16.95 | 66.09 ± 19.47 | − 20.49,− 2.69 | 21.26 | 0.030(0.582)* | 0.182(0.358) | 0.041(0.549)* |
VL | 25.73 ± 8.59 | 25.39 ± 10.65 | − 3.48,4.16 | − 1.32 | 26.45 ± 9.88 | 27.03 ± 9.71 | − 5.45,4.31 | 2.19 | 0.939(0.000) | 0.559(0.155) | 0.764(0.090) |
VM | 19.64 ± 5.77 | 19.41 ± 8.07 | − 3.02,3.49 | − 1.17 | 20.07 ± 6.41 | 20.93 ± 8.47 | − 4.04,2.32 | 4.28 | 0.779(0.063) | 0.520(0.168) | 0.625(0.127) |
RF | 20.35 ± 5.77 | 21.19 ± 8.96 | − 4.16,2.48 | 4.12 | 20.92 ± 5.37 | 20.86 ± 5.08 | − 2.67,2.79 | − 0.28 | 0.712(0.090) | 0.927(0.000) | 0.672(0.110) |
BF | 19.14 ± 7.93 | 19.37 ± 8.80 | − 3.82,3.37 | 1.20 | 19.98 ± 7.28 | 19.03 ± 7.01 | − 1.53,3.45 | − 4.75 | 0.733(0.090) | 0.855(0.000) | 0.583(0.142) |
ST | 11.84 ± 5.54 | 11.49 ± 6.11 | − 2.46,3.16 | − 2.95 | 11.72 ± 4.73 | 12.32 ± 6.82 | − 3.75,2.54 | 5.11 | 0.901(0.000) | 0.749(0.090) | 0.645(0.127) |
Glut-M | 24.59 ± 14.12 | 24.31 ± 11.46 | − 2.45,3.01 | − 1.13 | 24.57 ± 11.74 | 26.85 ± 11.60 | − 6.10,1.54 | 9.27 | 0.388(0.230) | 0.671(0.110) | 0.270(0.293) |