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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Strength Cond Res. 2016 Oct;30(10):2682–2696. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001570

Table 3.

Strength and Endurance Performance Characteristics Over time (Mean ± SD)

All ( n = 19) Pre Post d p value
Isometric Peak Force (N) 2601 ± 963 2968 ± 1079 0.36 0.000
IPFa (N/kg0.67) 135 ± 37 152 ± 43 0.42 0.001
Rate of Force Development (N/s) 3665 ± 3132 4274 ± 3151 0.19 0.044
VO2 peak (mL/kg/min) 27.0 ± 5.4 29.5 ± 5.7 0.45 0.001
Time to Exhaustion (min:sec) 6:30 ± 2:04 8:48 ± 3:04 0.88 0.000

MS ( n = 9) Pre Post d p value
Isometric Peak Force (N) 2910 ± 1037 3317 ± 1025 0.39 0.000
IPFa (N/kg0.67) 135 ± 40 153 ± 36 0.47 0.001
Rate of Force Development (N/s) 4098 ± 4198 4800 ± 4027 0.17 0.069
VO2 peak (mL/kg/min) 23.3 ± 3.1 26.0 ± 3.9 0.77 0.006
Time to Exhaustion (min:sec) 6:37 ± 1:11 9:02 ± 2:23 1.28 0.003

NMS (n = 10) Pre Post d p value
Isometric Peak Force (N) 2257 ± 790 2581 ± 1058 0.35 0.033
IPFa (N/kg0.67) 134 ± 37 151 ± 51 0.38 0.074
Rate of Force Development (N/s) 3184 ± 1321 3689 ± 1832 0.32 0.322
VO2 peak (mL/kg/min) 31.0 ± 4.5 33.4 ± 4.9 0.51 0.059
Time to Exhaustion (min:sec) 6:21 ± 2:49 8:33 ± 3:49 0.66 0.021

Male ( n = 9) Pre Post d p value
Isometric Peak Force (N) 3335 ± 776 3774 ± 817 0.55 0.001
IPFa (N/kg0.67) 161 ± 24 180 ± 23 0.81 0.001
Rate of Force Development (N/s) 5395 ± 3864 6234 ± 3536 0.23 0.104
VO2 peak (mL/kg/min) 29.1 ± 4.8 31.9 ± 4.0 0.63 0.013
Time to Exhaustion (min:sec) 7:22 ± 2:11 10:23 ± 3:25 1.05 0.000

Female ( n = 10) Pre Post d p value
Isometric Peak Force (N) 1940 ± 544 2243 ± 709 0.48 0.013
IPFa (N/kg0.67) 111 ± 30 127 ± 40 0.45 0.003
Rate of Force Development (N/s) 2108 ± 809 2509 ± 1199 0.39 0.281
VO2 peak (mL/kg/min) 25.1 ± 5.5 27.3 ± 6.3 0.37 0.034
Time to Exhaustion (min:sec) 5:42 ± 1:41 7:23 ± 1:54 0.94 0.048