Table 3. Comparison of POMS between HIT and CT.
| POMS factors | Exercise session | p | t | Effect size (CI95%) | |||
| HIT | CT | ||||||
| M | SD | M | SD | ||||
| Pre | |||||||
| Tension | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 2.7 | >.05 | .23 | .08 (−.64, .79) |
| Hostility | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | >.05 | .00 | .13 (−.58, .85) |
| Fatigue | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | >.05 | .04 | .02 (−.70, .74) |
| Vigor | 13.0 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 4.8 | >.05 | .94 | .35 (−.37, 1.07) |
| Confusion | 3.7 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 1.7 | >.05 | 1.53 | −.67 (−1.41, .07) |
| Depression | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.9 | >.05 | .32 | −.11 (−.82, .61) |
| TMD | 102.5 | 10.2 | 105.0 | 8.1 | >.05 | .64 | .27 (−.99, .44) |
| Post | |||||||
| Tension | 3.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | >.05 | .35 | .15 (.37, 1.92) |
| Hostility | 1.0 | 1.5 | .6 | 1.2 | >.05 | .63 | .44 (−.29, 1.16) |
| Fatigue | 8.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 2.5 | <.01 | 3.30 | −.39 (−1.11, .34) |
| Vigor | 13.2 | 4.4 | 11.1 | 5.2 | >.05 | 1.20 | .00 (−.72, .72) |
| Confusion | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 2.0 | >.05 | 1.21 | .18 (−.53, .90) |
| Depression | .7 | 1.2 | .7 | 1.5 | >.05 | .00 | .09 (−.62, .81) |
| TMD | 104.9 | 14.0 | 102.7 | 9.4 | >.05 | .56 | .37 (.07, .67) |
CI95% - confidence interval; effect size classifications must be interpreted as <.20, trivial; .21–.60, small; .61–1.20, moderate; 1.21–2.0, large; 2.21–4.00, very large; and >4.00, nearly perfect.