Table 7.
Changes in maximal strength (Fmax) and power (Pmax) with 60% additional load for leg press (LP) 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 () |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Delta | SDM | % Delta | SDM | Time | Group | Time∗ Group | ||||||
| LP | Fmax | S+E | 2905 565 | 3087 706 | +6.3 | 0.29 | 2719 781 | −6.4 | 0.27 | 0.127 (0.098) | 0.315 (0.050) | 0.546 (0.030) |
| (N) | S | 2616 656 | 2737 667 | +4.6 | 0.18 | 2619 448 | +0.1 | 0.01 | ||||
| Pmax 60% | S+E | 742 161 | 837 140 | +12.8 | 0.63 | 804 158 | +8.4∗ | 0.39 | 0.010 (0.204) | 0.480 (0.025) | 0.113 (0.103) | |
| (W) | S | 820 250 | 837 231 | +2.1 | 0.07 | 897 205 | +9.4∗ | 0.34 | ||||
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∗.