Table 1.
Peak force (PF) and rate of force development (RFD) (mean ± sd) for the strongest and weakest body sides in the tethered swimming and land-based maximal voluntary isometric tests.
| Tethered swimming (n = 18) | Land-based strength test (n = 18) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong | Weak | Mean | p | d | Strong | Weak | Mean | p | d | |
| PF (N) | 130.3 | 116.3 | 123.3 | <.01 | .46 | 165.6 | 144.1 | 154.8 | <.01 | .36 |
| SD | ±31.3 | ±31.4 | ±31.1 | ±58.2 | ±62.5 | ±60.1 | ||||
| RFD (N·s-1) | 330.5 | 276.4 | 303.4 | <.05 | .50 | 811.0 | 690.0 | 750.5 | <.05 | .34 |
| SD | ±114.5 | ±100.4 | ±107.4 | ±332.9 | ±394.5 | ±363.3 | ||||
“p” indicates significant differences between body sides; “d” refers to the Cohen’s d coefficient for effect size.