Table 2.

Biomechanical Properties at pre- and post-training between two groups.

	Experimental group			Control group			Between-Group Difference in Change
Variable	Pre	Posta	Change	Pre	Posta	Change	P b
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean (LB; UB) 95%CI	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean (LB; UB) 95%CI
DF PROM (°)	15.50 ± 2.17	16.70 ± 1.42*	1.20 (−0.14;2.54)	17.00 ± 1.15	17.20 ± 1.23	0.20 (−0.10;0.50)	0.108
DF Strength (N)	102.50 ± 44.54	132.82 ± 43.44**	30.32 (10.73;49.91)	101.4 ± 59.71	123.80 ± 58.55**	22.46 (6.55;38.37)	0.596
DF Stiffness (Nm/deg)	1.62 ± 0.24	1.19 ± 0.24**	−0.43 (−0.61;−0.24)	1.32 ± 0.41	1.10 ± 0.42	−0.22 (−0.53;0.08)	0.472
PF Stiffness (Nm/deg)	0.21 ± 0.04	0.19 ± 0.03	−0.02 (−0.05;0.02)	0.21 ± 0.07	0.24 ± 0.09	0.03 (−0.05;0.10)	0.622

SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval. DF or PF stiffness is stiffness measured in dorsiflexion or plantarflexion passive movement.

^aComparison between pre- and post-training values in each group with Wilcoxon signed rank test:

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01.

^bP values indicate significance level of between-group differences in change with Mann-Whitney U test: according to the Bonferroni correction, ^***P < 0.0025.