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.