Table 1. Peak force (PF) and rate of force development (RFD) (mean ± sd) for the strongest and weakest body sides in the tethered swimming and land-based maximal voluntary isometric tests.
Tethered swimming (n = 18)
Land-based strength test (n = 18)
Strong
Weak
Mean
p
d
Strong
Weak
Mean
p
d
PF (N)
130.3
116.3
123.3
<.01
.46
165.6
144.1
154.8
<.01
.36
SD
±31.3
±31.4
±31.1
±58.2
±62.5
±60.1
RFD (N·s-1)
330.5
276.4
303.4
<.05
.50
811.0
690.0
750.5
<.05
.34
SD
±114.5
±100.4
±107.4
±332.9
±394.5
±363.3
“p” indicates significant differences between body sides; “d” refers to the Cohen’s d coefficient for effect size.