Table 4.

Effects on lower limbs muscle thickness.

Muscle thickness (mm)	Bodyweight group			Barbell-back group			Between
	Pre	Post	p	Pre	Post	p	p
Gastrocnemius	14.20 ± 1.49	16.20 ± 2.14	0.04	16.13 ± 2.93	18.73 ± 2.40	0.02	0.82
Rectus femoris	14.73 ± 2.14	17.00 ± 1.52	0.05	17.36 ± 3.14	19.46 ± 3.27	0.12	0.54
Gluteus maximus	28.15 ± 3.72	33.50 ± 2.34	0.00	29.31 ± 4.67	33.44 ± 4.50	0.00	0.91

Note: Pre- and Post-*Paired Sample T-test, p ≤ 0.05; Between Group-*independent-sample t-test, p ≤ 0.05. Descriptive statistics for all study participants (mean ± SD).

Note: 1 was pre, 2 was post.