Table 3.

Descriptive strength measures for males for each of the five assessment points. Mean strength data with standard deviation values are presented for each time point in percent body weight.

	Baseline		Week 2		Week 4		Week 6		Week 8
	ERO	Load cell	ERO	Load cell	ERO	Load cell	ERO	Load cell	ERO	Load cell
Shoulder Abduction
Right	15.5±6.0%	13.8±6.1%	16.8±6.5%	16.2±.3%	18.8±7.1%	15.2±7.7%	21.6±3.2%	16.7±8.9%	20.2±7.3%	17.8±9.2%
Left	14.1±5.6%	13.6±6.0%	15.7±6.3%	15.7±6.8%	17.6±6.7%	14.2±7.6%	19.8±3.5%	15.3±8.3%	19.8±7.6%	16.6±9.3%
Shoulder External Rotation
Right	9.4±4.3%	7.9±3.7%	11.1±4.6%	8.9±3.7%	11.4±4.7%	8.3±4.6%	12.9±3.5%	8.6±4.5%	11.9±4.8%	9.1±4.9%
Left	9.6±4.2%	7.2±3.6%	10.9±3.6%	8.3±3.4%	11.0±4.1%	8.1±4.4%	13.1±2.7%	8.3±4.6%	11.9±4.3%	8.8±5.0%
Hip Abduction
Right	37.0±17.3%	39.0±11.1%	38.5±16.2%	40.4±9.3%	46.9±8.0%	41.7±18.5%	47.8±10.2%	41.2±16.0%	45.1±19.0%	45.6±18.7%
Left	34.5±15.9%	39.6±10.1%	38.2±15.9%	42.5±7.5%	45.7±9.7%	41.4±18.1%	46.2±10.0%	42.3±17.0%	43.6±17.8%	44.7±17.4%
Hip Extension
Right	24.8±10.6%	29.5±5.9%	27.9±11.5%	33.0±7.2%	33.3±7.4%	30.7±12.5%	36.2±9.0%	32.5±12.5%	35.3±14.2%	36.6±13.7%
Left	25.3±11.1%	29.3±7.3%	27.5±11.2%	33.2±7.5%	35.1±6.1%	30.1±12.3%	37.7±8.9%	32.6±13.5%	34.4±13.4%	35.5±14.3%

^*Means and SD are presented in percent body weight