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. 2021 May 3;18(9):4874. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094874

Table 1.

Performance, muscle morphology, and electromechanical delay PRE and POST the high volume (HV) and the high intensity (HI) bench press protocol. IBPF = isometric bench press force test; pRFD20 = peak rate of force development; PEC MT = muscle thickness of pectoral muscle; TR MT = muscle thickness of triceps muscle; PEC EMD = electromechanical delay of pectoral muscle; TR EMD = electromechanical delay of triceps muscle.

Assessment Time Point HV (Mean ± SD) HI (Mean ±
SD)
Trial Difference
IBPF (N) PRE 439.3 ± 108.4 446.5 ± 78.3 F = 1.951
p = 0.196
η2 = 0.178
POST 383.4 ± 102.1 410.8 ± 89.2
pRFD (N s−1) PRE 3297.0 ± 1205.6 3644.5 ± 1197.0 F = 0.213
p = 0.655
η2 = 0.023
POST 3102.5 ± 1115.2 3307.5 ± 929.2
PEC MT (mm) PRE 13.2 ± 2.7 13.2 ± 2.2 F = 17.951
p = 0.002
η2 = 0.666
POST 16.3 ± 3.5 13.7 ± 2.1
TR MT (mm) PRE 17.2 ± 2.4 17.1 ± 2.7 F = 18.632
p < 0.001
η2 = 0.791
POST 20.3 ± 3.1 17.1 ± 2.2
PEC EMD (ms) PRE 116.4 ± 26.0 116.9 ± 39.5 F = 5.654
p = 0.039
η2 = 0.361
POST 143.8 ± 26.6 118.5 ± 31.5
TR EMD (ms) PRE 118.7 ± 29.0 111.2 ± 22.1 F = 0.036
p = 0.854
η2 = 0.004
POST 131.5 ± 16.1 125.5 ± 23.8