Table 2. Pre and post shoulder flexibility and rotator cuff muscle strength (strength assessment day).

					p value of Student's t-test or
					Mann-Whitney U test
	CycSG (n=12)	CG (n=12)	SSG (n=12)	P value of ANOVA or	CycSG-CG	CycSG-SSG	SSG-CG
				Kruskal Wallis
Scratch test (cm)
Pre	7.6 (-1/15)	8.6 (1/13)	4.1 (-8/12)
Post	8.7 (0/18)	7.9 (0/13)	5.7 (-6/12.50)	K0.40
∆	1.08 (0/4)	-0.67 (-2/1)	1.58 (-1/4)	K<0.001*	<0.001*	0,24	<0.001*
p for ∆	0.002*	0,06	0.009*
Internal rotation strength (kg)
Pre	9.3±2.1	10.8±2.2	10.4±2.2
Post	10.6±2.2	10.1±1.7	10.7±1.9	A0.68
∆	1.32±2.20	-0.71±1.06	0.31±2.26	A0.048*	0.04*	0,42	0,41
p for ∆	0,08	0,07	0,93
External rotation strength (kg)
Pre	6.8±1.3	7.3±1.8	6.9±1.5		Since no interaction effect was detected, ANOVA and
Post	6.9±1.7	6.9±1.1	6.9±0.8		post-hoc tests for ANOVA were not performed.
∆	0.01±1.23	-0.36±0.99	-0.04±1.17
p for ∆	0,81	0,18	0,81
Scapular plane abduction strength (kg)
Pre	6.0 (4.90/7.26)	6.4 (4.08/7.80	6.8 (4.31/9.07
Post	5.8 (4.45/7.26)	6.1 (4.54/7.53)	6.4 (4.08/9.07)	K0.47
∆	-0.25 (-1.91/1.36)	-0.73 (-4.60/1.90)	-0.44 (-1.91/0)	K0.87	0,84	0,59	0,84
p for ∆	0,29	0,17	0.012*
CycSG: Cyclic stretching group; CG: Control group; SSG: Static stretching group; ∆: Post-test score-pre-test score; A ANOVA [p value]; K Kruskal Wallis (Median [Min-Max] value).