Table 2. Swimming force, dry land strength, swimming performance times, maximal velocity, stroke length and stroke rate. All data are presented as mean (standard deviation).
|
Intervention group |
Control group |
| All (n = 11) |
Female (n = 5) |
All (n = 9) |
Female (n = 7) |
| FS (N) |
Pre
|
124.9 |
(23.2) |
109.8 |
(6.9) |
114.4 |
(17.3) |
107.0 |
(4.7) |
| Post
|
133.5 |
(21.9)**† |
117.8 |
(6.7)*† |
118.1 |
(18.3)† |
109.3 |
(3.4)† |
| FL (N) |
Pre
|
318.8 |
(89.8) |
260.0 |
(32.9) |
277.9 |
(44.2) |
262.8 |
(36.7) |
| Post
|
383.5 |
(89.3)**† |
323.7 |
(32.0)* |
310.7 |
(56.2)*† |
287.3 |
(33.8)* |
| 50m (s) |
Pre
|
28.88 |
(2.00) |
30.51 |
(1.43) |
29.35 |
(1.72) |
29.87 |
(1.48) |
| Post
|
28.55 |
(1.80) |
29.93 |
(1.40) |
29.16 |
(1.76) |
29.83 |
(1.35) |
| 100m (s) |
Pre
|
63.00 |
(4.12) |
66.52 |
(2.95) |
64.08 |
(4.18) |
65.43 |
(3.50) |
| Post
|
62.05 |
(3.82) |
64.75 |
(3.42) |
64.06 |
(4.80) |
65.78 |
(3.87) |
| 400m (s) |
Pre
|
290.43 |
(16.26) |
301.83 |
(15.02) |
290.08 |
(16.20) |
294.70 |
(14.88) |
| Post
|
286.43 |
(16.64)* |
298.09 |
(17.56) |
290.40 |
(18.24) |
296.62 |
(15.50) |
| vmax (m·s-1) |
Pre
|
1.59 |
(.11)10
|
1.50 |
(.09) |
1.53 |
(.08)7
|
1.50 |
(.06)5
|
| Post
|
1.60 |
(.10)10
|
1.53 |
(.06) |
1.56 |
(.07)7
|
1.53 |
(.03)5
|
| SL (m) |
Pre
|
1.68 |
(.17)10
|
1.61 |
(.11)† |
1.74 |
(.13)7
|
1.78 |
(.10)5† |
| Post
|
1.73 |
(.16)10
|
1.65 |
(.14) |
1.80 |
(.15)7
|
1.80 |
(.18)5
|
| SR (Hz) |
Pre
|
.953 |
(.090)10
|
.936 |
(.086)† |
.885 |
(.078)7
|
.846 |
(.036)5† |
| Post
|
.930 |
(.074)10
|
.929 |
(.074) |
.872 |
(.078)7
|
.858 |
(.090)5
|
F: Maximal swimming force, N: Newton, F: 1RM land strength, 50m: 50m maximal front crawl swimming, m: meters, s: seconds, 100m: 100m maximal front crawl swimming, 400m: 400m maximal front crawl swimming, : Maximal swimming velocity, : Include 10 subjects, : Include 7 subjects, : Include 5 subjects, SL: Stroke length, SR: Stroke rate, rpm: repetitions per minute (in this context stroke-cycles per minute). * Significant change in group at p < 0.05. ** Significant change in group at p < 0.01. † Significant difference between intervention group and control group at p < 0.05.
