Table 2. Mean and SD of muscle activation (in %MVC) on balance control and twice consecutive countermovement jump before (pre) and after (post) 8-weeks interventions in the TCV, TCC, and CON groups.
TCV (N = 16) TCC (N = 15) CON (N = 16) P
pre post pre post pre post
Balance control
Knee extensor 8.4 (6.3) 6.1 (4.8) 5.3 (5.5) 5.2 (5.3) 5.5 (5.2) 6.5 (6.4) .045+
Knee flexor 12.7 (6.1) 12.3 (8.0) 9.8 (9.5) 9.1 (6.5) 10.7 (8.0) 11.5 (7.1) .772
First jump
Knee flexor 22.2 (9.6) 14.2 (4.0)* 23.4 (8.7) 29.0 (18.0) 23.6 (15.0) 22.5 (10.8) .028+
Knee extensor 115.9 (28.7) 104.1 (19.7) * 93.5 (33.8) 91.1 (31.4) 106.8 (31.8) 107.9 (32.9) .159
Second jump
Knee flexor 36.2 (20.3) 29.8 (16.4) 32.2 (16.8) 24.8 (19.1) 40.0 (20.5) 40.5 (21.4) .405
Knee extensor 106.5 (30.9) 97.2 (26.1) 63.8 (36.8) 62.3 (30.5) 100.2 (31.1) 101.9 (24.3) .652
indicated that posttraining values were significantly lower than pretraining values (p < 0.05). refers to a significant interaction (group × time) effect.