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.