Table 2.
Body mass and preconditioning exercises. Mean values ± standard deviations (SD) of the body mass and the one-repetition-maximum (1RM) for the preconditioning exercises bench press and swallow supine position (swallow sup) before (Pre) and one and three weeks after (1-w-post and 3-w-post) the 4-week eccentric–isokinetic training, as well as effect sizes (Cohen’s d) and significance of changes (p-values from t-tests).
| n | Mean ± SD (kg) |
Pre vs. 1-w-Post d (p) |
Pre vs. 3-w-Post d (p) |
1-w Post vs. 3-w-Post d (p) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body mass | |||||
| Pre | 8 | 68.6 ± 7.1 | 0.21 (0.58) |
0.03 (0.93) |
0.14 (0.70) |
| 1-w-post | 8 | 68.5 ± 6.8 | |||
| 3-w-post | 8 | 68.6 ± 7.3 | |||
| Bench press (1RM) | |||||
| Pre | 5 | 105.0 ± 16.6 | 0.29 (0.55) |
0.73 (0.36) |
1.10 (0.21) |
| 1-w-post | 5 | 106.5 ± 19.1 | |||
| 3-w-post | 5 | 108.0 ± 18.5 | |||
| Swallow sup (1RM) | |||||
| Pre | 7 | 43.9 ± 10.0 | 0.75 (0.23) |
0.80 (0.23) |
0.21 (0.60) |
| 1-w-post | 7 | 45.7 ± 10.6 | |||
| 3-w-post | 7 | 46.1 ± 10.7 |