Table 2. Two-way repeated-measures ANOVA results of peroneus muscles cross-sectional area and thickness at proximal 25% and distal 75%, and PL and PB strength tests
Main effect
(Time)
Main effect
(Intervention)
Interaction
(Time*Intervention)
F p-Value ηp2 F p-Value ηp2 F p-Value ηp2
Cross-sectional area (mm2) Proximal 25% 56.00 <0.001 0.727 44.02 <0.001 0.677 58.70 <0.001 0.737
Distal 75% 77.15 <0.001 0.786 84.81 <0.001 0.802 82.72 <0.001 0.798
Thickness (mm) Proximal 25% 8.07 <0.001 0.278 6.20 0.021 0.228 9.49 <0.001 0.311
Distal 75% 15.13 <0.001 0.419 11.04 0.003 0.345 9.67 <0.001 0.315
Ankle strength (N/Kg) PL strength test 66.71 <0.001 0.761 88.32 <0.001 0.808 70.86 <0.001 0.771
PB strength test 55.48 <0.001 0.725 84.19 <0.001 0.800 70.99 <0.001 0.772
Mean ± SD, p-Value < 0.05, PL: Peroneus longus, PB: Peroneus brevis, F: F-Value, ηp2: Partial eta-squared. The within-group variable was the time (pre-intervention, post-intervention, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min) and the between-group variable was intervention (PL intervention vs PB intervention).