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. 2020 Jun 1;17(11):3912. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17113912

Table 1.

Post-hoc comparisons between both sides of the body for all measured loads.

Side Symm Right2.5% (95% CI) Right5% (95% CI) Right7.5% (95% CI) Left2.5% (95% CI) Left5% (95% CI) Left7.5% (95% CI) p F
Anterior Deltoid [%] MVC
Right 101 ± 3 (98–103) 106 ± 8 (100–112) 109 ± 13 (100–118) 104 ± 3 (102–106) 97 ± 5 (93–101) 100 ± 6 (96–104) 104 ± 4 (102–107) <0.001 51.42
Left 91 ± 4 (88–94) 88 ± 4 (85–91) 94 ± 5 (90–98) 92 ± 3 (89–94) 106 ± 5 (102–110) 112 ± 6 (108–117) 114 ± 4 (111–117)
Right vs. left p <0.001 * <0.001 * <0.005 * <0.001 * <0.001 * <0.001 * <0.001 *
ES 0.67 0.67 0.37 0.8 0.45 0.5 0.61
Pectoralis major [%] MVC
Right 82 ± 2 (81–84) 87 ± 4 (84–90) 92 ± 4 (89–95) 99 ± 4 (96–101) 75 ± 4 (72–78) 83 ± 2 (82–85) 88 ± 3 (86–90) <0.002 18.81
Left 89 ± 8 (83–96) 84 ± 9 (77–90) 90 ± 8 (84–96) 95 ± 9 (88–101) 89 ± 9 (82–95) 94 ± 9 (88–101) 102 ± 11 (94–110)
Right vs. left p 0.032 * 0.304 0.572 0.325 0.001 * 0.004 * 0.002 *
ES 0.26 0.04 0.03 0.08 0.5 0.42 0.43
Triceps brachii [%] MVC
Right 103 ± 5 (100–107) 107 ± 4 (105–110) 108 ± 8 (102–113) 113 ± 8 (107–119) 103 ± 7 (100–107) 104 ± 5 (100–107) 105 ± 5 (102–109) <0.001 10.58
Left 101 ± 6 (97–105) 97 ± 4 (94–100) 103 ± 4 (99–106) 105 ± 9 (98–111) 106 ± 5 (103–110) 113 ± 5 (109–117) 114 ± 8 (108–119)
Right vs. left p 0.492 <0.001 * 0.184 0.134 0.054 <0.001 * 0.059
ES 0.03 0.61 0.14 0.18 0.06 0.45 0.31

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation and 95% confidence interval (95% CI); ES = effect size; %MVC = % of maximum voluntary contraction; Symm = symmetrical load; RightXX% = XX% asymmetrical load on the right side of the bar; LeftXX% = XX% asymmetrical load on the left side of the bar; * significant differences p < 0.05.