Table 5 Results—changes in muscle properties for all groups from baseline to follow-up (within-participant difference).

Parameter	Sex	Mean	SD	Quantile 0.025	Quantile 0.075	p-value
F	total	−0.163	0.060	−0.278	−0.045	0.008
	female	−0.209	0.073	−0.344	−0.059	0.003
	male	−0.106	0.116	−0.335	0.120	0.345
S	total	−3.060	1.563	−6.187	−0.011	0.048
	female	−4.152	1.831	−7.707	−0.540	0.023
	male	−1.305	2.829	−6.747	4.310	0.628
D	total	0.011	0.017	−0.022	0.045	0.527
	female	0.018	0.012	−0.006	0.040	0.120
	male	−0.001	0.013	−0.026	0.024	0.906
R	total	0.594	0.141	0.311	0.873	< 0.001
	female	0.678	0.182	0.321	1.044	< 0.001
	male	0.471	0.256	−0.041	0.983	0.074
C	total	0.038	0.017	0.004	0.071	0.028
	female	0.045	0.013	0.020	0.071	< 0.001
	male	0.029	0.015	−0.001	0.059	0.059

F = Oscillation Frequency; S = Dynamic Stiffness; D = Logarithmic Decrement; R = Mechanical Stress Relaxation Time; C = Ratio of deformation and Relaxation time; SD = standard deviation; Bold values = p < 0.05; P-value for the simple effects.

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