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. 2019 Jun 27;10:728. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00728

Table 6.

Changes in maximal strength (Fmax) and power (Pmax) with 40 and 60% additional load for leg curl (LC) and leg extension (LE) in group S (strength training) and S+E (strength training with superimposed WB-EMS) during pre-, post-, and retests.

Parameter Group Pretest Posttest Pre-Post
Retest Pre-Re
ANOVA p (ηp2)
% Delta SDM % Delta SDM Time Group Time Group
LC Fmax S+E 725 116 843 177 +16.3 0.79 857 168 +18.2 0.91 <0.001 (0.376) 0.886 (0.001) 0.560 (0.029)

(N) S 722 243 859 161 +19.0 0.67 813 195 +12.6 0.41

Pmax 40% S+E 339 81 400 100 +18.0 0.67 392 94 +15.6 0.60 <0.001 (0.564) 0.910 (0.001) 0.139 (0.098)

(W) S 333 107 390 102 +17.1 0.55 422 103 +26.7 0.85

Pmax 60% S+E 405 81 445 94 +9.9 0.46 449 95 +10.9 0.50 <0.001 (0.424) 0.701 (0.008) 0.769 (0.013)

(W) S 382 98 433 106 +13.4 0.50 441 88 +15.5 0.63

LE Fmax S+E 1507 202 1657 330 +10.0 0.55 1697 337 +12.6 0.68 <0.001 (0.475) 0.509 (0.022) 0.899 (0.005)

(N) S 1445 255 1566 277 +8.4 0.45 1622 258 +12.2 0.69

Pmax 40% S+E 691 150 768 171 +11.1 0.48 784 204 +13.5 0.52 <0.001 (0.379) 0.716 (0.007) 0.711 (0.017)

(W) S 717 193 812 199 +13.3 0.49 795 173 +10.9 0.43

Pmax 60% S+E 663 143 707 154 +6.6 0.30 684 145 +3.2 0.15 0.091 (0.113) 0.391 (0.037) 0.105 (0.106)

(W) S 714 185 720 131 +0.8 0.04 777 128 +8.8 0.40

Values are presented as mean ± SD. Moderate to large standardized mean differences (SMD) have been highlighted in bold. Significance level for time effects for both groups to pretest was set at p ≤ 0.05.