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. 2021 Sep 22;12:716668. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.716668

Table 1.

Changes in dorsiflexion range of motion (DF ROM), passive torque at DF ROM, and shear elastic modulus before (PRE) and immediately after vibration rolling (ROLL) or vibration on the muscle belly (Muscle Belly) or vibration on muscle-tendon junction (MTJ) intervention (POST).

ROLL Muscle Belly MTJ Interaction effect
PRE POST PRE POST PRE POST P-value ηp2
DF ROM (°) 24.1 ± 7.5 29.4 ± 7.4** 25.1 ± 8.3 28.2 ± 8.4* 22.9 ± 8.2 26.2 ± 7.7** p = 0.304 0.081
Effect size d= 0.705 d= 0.365 d= 0.423
Passive torque at DF ROM (Nm) 21.9 ± 6.3 28.4 ± 7.2** 24.0 ± 7.7 26.6 ± 7.4* 21.6 ± 7.6 26.2 ± 7.8** p < 0.01 0.284
Effect size d= 0.956 d= 0.352 d= 0.596
Shear elastic modulus (kPa) 24.8 ± 11.1 21.4 ± 9.2** 19.2 ± 9.4 13.8 ± 7.5** 21.6 ± 15.1 21.7 ± 18.1 p = 0.011 0.261
Effect size d= 0.338 d= 0.640 d= 0.003

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01, significant difference between PRE and POST.