Table 3.
Results of the angle reproduction (A) and movement velocity/duration (B) analysis represented by mean, standard deviations (SD), 95% confidence interval (CI), p-values and effect size (Cohen’s D)
| (A) Angle reproduction | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Segment: Plane | Outcome | Pre (°) | Post (°) | p-value | Cohen’s d | ||||||
| Mean | SD | Upper 95% CI | Lower 95% CI | Mean | SD | Upper 95% CI | Lower 95% CI | ||||
| Trunk segment: lateral flexion | Pmean | 18.66 | 5.85 | 22.20 | 15.12 | 19.81 | 5.60 | 23.19 | 16.43 | 0.62 | − 0.20 |
| Trunk segment: lateral flexion | AR | − 2.88 | 3.14 | − 0.98 | − 4.78 | − 3.17 | 2.46 | − 1.68 | − 4.65 | 0.65 | 0.09 |
| (B) Movement velocity and movement duration | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Pre (°) | Post (°) | p-value | Cohen’s d | |||||||
| Mean | SD | Upper 95% CI | Lower 95% CI | Mean | SD | Upper 95% CI | Lower 95% CI | ||||
| Movement velocity (°/s) | 4.61 | 1.59 | 5.57 | 3.65 | 4.08 | 1.52 | 5.00 | 3.17 | 0.13 | 0.33 | |
| Movement duration (sec) | 4.83 | 1.05 | 5.46 | 4.20 | 4.87 | 1.12 | 5.54 | 4.19 | 0.88 | − 0.04 | |
Legend: Pmean: mean value of the maximum angle for the two preparation trials (right side); AR: individual normalized angle reproduction (mean difference between Pmean − maximum angle of repetition 1–10)