Table 5.
Changes in the perceptions of fatigue and muscle soreness measured using visual analog scales (100-mm scale).*†
| Stronger group (n = 10) | Weaker group (n = 10) | |||||||||||
| Priming | Control | Priming | Control | |||||||||
| Baseline | 24 h | d | Baseline | 24 h | d | Baseline | 24 h | d | Baseline | 24 h | d | |
| Fatigue (mm) | 12.30 ± 11.44 | 18.50 ± 13.79 | 0.49 | 12.00 ± 9.82 | 13.80 ± 10.16 | 0.18 | 12.70 ± 6.94 | 23.30 ± 11.57‡ | 1.11 | 13.30 ± 12.81 | 16.00 ± 9.95 | 0.24 |
| Muscle soreness (mm) | 9.70 ± 13.34 | 19.80 ± 17.44‡ | 0.65 | 9.20 ± 13.49 | 16.90 ± 15.41§ | 0.53 | 9.00 ± 8.59 | 18.70 ± 13.55‡ | 0.86 | 8.00 ± 6.88 | 17.70 ± 13.55§ | 0.90 |
d = Cohen's d effect size [(24 h − baseline)/SD both].
Values are presented as mean ± SD.
Significantly different from baseline in the priming condition (p ≤ 0.05).
§Significantly different from baseline in the control condition (p ≤ 0.05).