TABLE 2.
Exercise groups mechanical results and significance.
| Elastic modulus (MPa) |
Ultimate stress (MPa) |
Ultimate strain (%) |
Relaxation rate |
% Relaxation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Average | SD | Average | SD | Average | SD | Average | SD | Average | SD | |||||
| Sedentary | 98.01 | 15.33 | 4.88 | 1.29 | 9.05 | 1.30 | 0.0540 | 0.0141 | 32.45 | 5.46 | |||||
| Moderate | 80.16 | 20.58 | 3.70 | 1.18 | 8.81 | 1.76 | 0.0584 | 0.0192 | 29.87 | 4.91 | |||||
| High | 83.53 | 10.21 | 4.30 | 1.45 | 9.76 | 2.73 | 0.0554 | 0.0207 | 29.27 | 4.72 | |||||
| ANOVA | 0.057 | 0.174 | 0.667 | 0.582 | 0.472 | ||||||||||
| Post hoc | S–M | M–H | S–H | S–M | M–H | S–H | S–M | M–H | S–H | S–M | M–H | S–H | S–M | M–H | S–H |
| 0.062 | 0.892 | 0.146 | 0.149 | 0.593 | 0.607 | 0.972 | 0.662 | 0.795 | 0.564 | 0.777 | 0.944 | 0.613 | 0.973 | 0.481 | |
S sedentary control group, M moderate intensity exercise group, H high intensity exercise group.
ANOVA indicates the p values associated with an ANOVA analysis.
Post hoc indicates the pairwise analysis results (p values) following Tukey’s analysis between exercise groups (sedentary, moderate, and high).