Table 5.

Muscle strength.

			Day 1						Day 2			Day 3
			Before			2 hrs after
Mean ± SD (kg)		Active	79.3	±	33.6	76.0	±	29.1	78.8	±	31.5	85.2	±	27.8
		Placebo	80.8	±	29.7	76.9	±	27.7	78.8	±	24.7	80.5	±	25.3
p-value	Mixed Model	Group effect	0.636
		Time effect	0.005
		Interaction effect	0.034
	Dunnett’s test		-			0.076			0.778			0.211
	Sidak’s multiple comparisons test		0.866			0.972			>0.999			0.035
Difference		Mean										−4.8
		95% CI										−9.3	∼	−0.2
Cohen’s d												0.460

Before: before the exercise load, 2 hrs after: 2 hours after the exercise load.

Difference: values of the placebo food group minus the active food group.

the active group: n = 18, the placebo group: n = 18.