Table 1. Peak force (PF) and rate of force development (RFD) (mean ± sd) for the strongest and weakest body sides in the tethered swimming and land-based maximal voluntary isometric tests.
|
Tethered swimming (n = 18) |
Land-based strength test (n = 18) |
| Strong |
Weak |
Mean |
p |
d |
Strong |
Weak |
Mean |
p |
d |
| PF (N) |
130.3 |
116.3 |
123.3 |
<.01 |
.46 |
165.6 |
144.1 |
154.8 |
<.01 |
.36 |
| SD |
±31.3 |
±31.4 |
±31.1 |
|
|
±58.2 |
±62.5 |
±60.1 |
|
|
| RFD (N·s-1) |
330.5 |
276.4 |
303.4 |
<.05 |
.50 |
811.0 |
690.0 |
750.5 |
<.05 |
.34 |
| SD |
±114.5 |
±100.4 |
±107.4 |
|
|
±332.9 |
±394.5 |
±363.3 |
|
|
“p” indicates significant differences between body sides; “d” refers to the Cohen’s d coefficient for effect size.
