TABLE 3.
Upper-limb performance in experimental and control groups before and after the 10-week intervention.
| Experimental group (n = 17) | Control group (n = 17) | ANOVA group x time interaction | ||||||||||
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| Pre | Post | %Δ change | Paired t test |
Pre | Post | %Δ change | Paired t test |
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Cohen d |
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| p | d (Cohen) | p | d (Cohen) | |||||||||
| Handgrip - right (N) | 227 ± 9 | 297 ± 18 | 31.0 ± 6.8 | p< 0.001 | -5.12 | 229 ± 22 | 238 ± 21 | 3.8 ± 1.7 | p< 0.001 | -0.44 | p< 0.001 | 1.75 |
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| Handgrip - left (N) | 207 ± 17 | 292 ± 16 | 41.2 ± 5.1 | p< 0.001 | -5.36 | 222 ± 14 | 235 ± 12 | 5.9 ± 2.9 | p< 0.001 | -1.04 | p< 0.001 | 2.52 |
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| Back extensor (N) | 753 ± 55 | 1175 ± 139 | 56.1 ± 14.2 | p< 0.001 | -4.16 | 793 ± 62 | 866 ± 80 | 9.3 ± 6.6 | p< 0.001 | -1.06 | p< 0.001 | 2.01 |
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| Medicine ball throw (m) | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 4.1 ± 0.4 | 40.1 ± 10.3 | p< 0.001 | -2.86 | 3.1 ± 0.6 | 3.3 ± 0.6 | 6.7 ± 7.8 | 0.007 | -0.35 | 0.002 | 0.95 |
Values are mean ± SD.