Table 3.
Drop vertical jump task biomechanics during pre- and post-intervention testing.
Variable | Initial contact | Maximum knee flexion angle | ||||
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Experimental | Control | Experimental | Control | |||
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | |||
Knee Flexion | Pre | (°) | 34.4 ± 5.3 | 36.2 ± 3.3 | 106.9 ± 8.9 | 103.7 ± 3.2 |
Post | (°) | 37.1 ± 4.8* | 31.3 ± 6.5 | 114.8 ± 10.1 | 102.5 ± 7.2 | |
Δ (Post-Pre) | (°) | 2.7 ± 5.4* | −4.9 ± 5.9 | 7.9 ± 12.2 | −1.3 ± 9.2 | |
Knee Abduction | Pre | (°) | −4.1 ± 5.8 | −10.0 ± 5.5 | −13.1 ± 4.5 | −20.7 ± 3.4 |
Post | (°) | 2.6 ± 5.4 | −2.6 ± 8.8 | 0.66 ± 9.3 | −13.4 ± 2.2 | |
Δ (Post-Pre) | (°) | 6.7 ± 6.3 | 7.4 ± 11.8 | 13.7 ± 9.6 | 7.2 ± 5.2 | |
Knee External Rotation | Pre | (°) | −17.6 ± 10.4 | −13.4 ± 12.8 | 2.3 ± 16.7 | −4.8 ± 2.0 |
Post | (°) | −9.9 ± 14.2* | −21.5 ± 8.7 | 8.1 ± 13.3 | −10.2 ± 15.7 | |
Δ (Post-Pre) | (°) | 7.6 ± 15.3* | −8.1 ± 18.7 | 5.8 ± 19.3 | −5.4 ± 16.1 | |
Hip Flexion | Pre | (°) | 41.1 ± 4.5 | 43.7 ± 6.7 | 94.7 ± 4.9 | 87.2 ± 11.3 |
Post | (°) | 46.2 ± 2.7 | 44.1 ± 10.7 | 99.2 ± 7.5 | 88.7 ± 13.3 | |
Δ (Post-Pre) | (°) | 5.0 ± 5.3 | 0.4 ± 7.8 | 4.5 ± 8.3 | 1.5 ± 5.7 | |
Hip Abduction | Pre | (°) | 10.4 ± 4.6 | 8.5 ± 3.4 | 6.7 ± 5.9 | 4.4 ± 6.7 |
Post | (°) | 10.7 ± 4.4 | 8.7 ± 3.9 | 13.9 ± 3.1* | 5.5 ± 7.6 | |
Δ (Post-Pre) | (°) | 0.3 ± 10.7 | 0.2 ± 3.5 | 7.3 ± 6.2 | 1.1 ± 4.5 | |
Hip External Rotation | Pre | (°) | −10.6 ± 11.2 | −19.5 ± 5.5 | −7.3 ± 12.2 | −19.4 ± 8.9 |
Post | (°) | −6.3 ± 9.2 | −8.5 ± 11.2 | 2.0 ± 12.4 | −14.4 ± 3.8 | |
Δ (Post-Pre) | (°) | 4.4 ± 11.2 | 11.0 ± 14.8 | 9.4 ± 13.0 | 4.9 ± 8.7 |
Indicates statistical significance p ≤ 0.05.