Table 3.
Descriptive statistics and post hoc differences between the experimental and control groups for the investigated variables.
| Variables | Experimental |
control |
Cohen's d | DRI | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre - Test Mean ± SD |
Post - Test Mean ± SD |
Pre - Test Mean ± SD |
Post - Test Mean ± SD |
||||
| BMI(Kg/m2) | 23.78 ± 0.78 | 22.73 ± 0.30 | 23.82 ± 0.78 | 23.14 ± 0.56 | 0.64 | 1.52 % | 0.037 |
| BFP% | 23.63 ± 0.10 | 21.30 ± 0.49 | 23.63 ± 0.10 | 22.95 ± 0.25 | 2.97 | 6.94 % | 0.000 |
| FLST(ng/ml) | 1.72 ± 0.18 | 1.96 ± 0.13 | 1.79 ± 0.11 | 1.85 ± 0.08 | 0.68 | 10.72 % | 0.029 |
| MSTN(ng/ml) | 3.35 ± 0.02 | 3.08 ± 0.03 | 3.36 ± 0.03 | 3.24 ± 0.07 | 2.04 | 4.54 % | 0.000 |
| CMS(s) | 68.03 ± 4.21 | 96.83 ± 1.19 | 68.06 ± 4.22 | 78.07 ± 3.94 | 4.56 | 27.62 % | 0.000 |
| Y(s) | 43.88 ± 0.70 | 36.41 ± 0.89 | 43.97 ± 0.47 | 40.98 ± 0.60 | 4.27 | 10.23 % | 0.000 |
| Y(sc) | 3.17 ± 1.03 | 5.17 ± 1.03 | 3.00 ± 1.04 | 3.8 ± 1.3 | 0.79 | 36.46 % | 0.012 |
BMI= Body mass index; BFP=Body fat percentage; FLST= Follistatin; MSTN = Myostatin; CMS=Core Muscle Strength; Y= Lay up shooting test; s = second; sc = score; SD= Standard deviation; DRI = Differences improvement rates.
Table (3) shows the results of measurements for the experimental and control groups in the studied variables of basketball players, (p < 0.037) at the indicative level (0.05), where it was found that the value of " d" ranged between (0.64–4.56), and the differences in improvement rates ranged between (1.52 and 36.46 %).