Table 5.

Isokinetic Muscle Strength

Variable	Angular Velocity, °/s	Training Group, Nm/kg			Control Group, Nm/kg
		Median (Interquartile Range)		P Value	Median (Interquartile Range)		P Value
		Pretraining	Posttraining		Pretraining	Posttraining
Hip
Flexion	60	1.15 (1.01–1.24)	1.33 (1.14–1.42)	.01b	1.24 (1.12–1.35)	1.22 (1.14–1.36)	.18
	120	1.13 (1.00–1.14)	1.16 (1.10–1.38)	.21	1.12 (0.95–1.40)	1.12 (1.02–1.43)	.18
Abduction	60	0.78 (0.70–0.92)	0.92 (0.81–0.94)	.05	0.96 (0.85–1.06)	1.00 (0.86–1.06)	.12
	120	0.65 (0.61–0.79)	0.73 (0.71–0.85)	.02b	0.79 (0.67–0.96)	0.78 (0.69–1.01)	.06
Knee
Extension	60	2.17 (1.63–2.23)	2.03 (1.86–2.05)	>.99	1.89 (1.52–2.08)	1.74 (1.53–2.06)	.67
	120	1.77 (1.42–1.81)	1.71 (1.65–1.76)	.95	1.42 (1.16–1.77)	1.42 (1.13–1.73)	.94
Flexion	60	1.22 (1.16–1.30)	1.38 (1.23–1.40)a	.03b	1.16 (1.08–1.29)	1.20 (1.11–1.24)	.24
	120	1.08 (1.03–1.30)	1.26 (1.12–1.32)a	.049b	1.07 (0.98–1.19)	1.09 (1.05–1.12)	.26
Trunk
Extension	20	4.46 (4.10–5.04)	4.89 (3.78–4.80)	.14	4.06 (3.53–4.75)	4.08 (3.78–4.80)	.26
	40	4.27 (3.40–4.85)	4.67 (4.41–5.08)	.04b	3.58 (3.09–4.71)	4.12 (3.32–4.68)	.09
Flexion	20	2.27 (1.78–3.47)	3.33 (2.89–3.89)a	.01b	2.58 (2.15–3.31)	2.36 (2.18–2.63)	.78
	40	2.27 (1.78–2.74)	3.35 (2.72–4.10)	.008b	2.84 (2.46–3.35)	2.66 (2.57–3.16)	.16

^aGreater than the control group (P < .05).

^bIndicates difference between pretraining and posttraining (P < .05).