Table 3.

Ankle angle at rest and during stretching at week-0, week-12 and week-15.

	Leg	Week-0 (0)	Week-12 (0)	Week-15 (0)	p	Cohens’ d (weeks)		Cohens’ d (between legs)
						0–12	12–15	0	12	15
Rest	CON	113.3 ± 6.2	116.8 ± 5.5§	117.1 ± 5.6†	<0.001	−0.61	−0.18	0.03	0.03	0.18
	STR	113.2 ± 5.9	116.7 ± 6.1§	116.8 ± 5.6†		−0.60	−0.02
Stretch	CON	62.8 ± 3.7	57.6 ± 3.0§	56.6 ± 3.9†		1.58	0.35	0.00	2.43	1.82
	STR	62.8 ± 3.4	49.9 ± 4.0§,*	50.4 ± 3.7†,*		3.77	−0.32

^*p < 0.01 from the corresponding control leg value;

^§p < 0.05 from the corresponding pre-intervention value to post-intervention value;

^†p < 0.05 from the corresponding post-intervention value until the end of the detraining period;

CON, Control Leg; STR, Stretched Leg.