Table 5 Within-Group comparison of knee joint peak power at 180°/s Pre- and Post-Intervention (unit: W; M ± SD).

From: Randomized controlled trial of whole body vibration training on lower limb muscle strength in sub elite short track speed skaters

 

groups

pre-intervention

post-intervention

t

p

Cohen’s d

Left knee flexion

30 Hz

75.32 ± 3.69

81 ± 2.78

−7.508

< 0.01##

1.54

50 Hz

76 ± 9.06

87.92 ± 7.63

−7.580

< 0.01##

1.32

control participants

79.84 ± 9.83

81.28 ± 8.01

−0.770

0.449

0.15

Right knee flexion

30 Hz

75.48 ± 4.85

82.32 ± 5.48

−6.282

< 0.01##

1.41

50 Hz

72.84 ± 3.56

87.08 ± 4.51

−12.374

< 0.01##

4.00

control participants

76.88 ± 6.23

77.64 ± 6.40

−2.282

0.032#

0.12

Left knee extension

30 Hz

128.68 ± 13.59

136.84 ± 10.09

−5.801

< 0.01##

0.60

50 Hz

133.16 ± 9.50

147.20 ± 9.70

−11.141

< 0.01##

1.48

control participants

131.24 ± 8.98

133.32 ± 8.25

−1.067

0.297

0.23

Right knee extension

30 Hz

129.40 ± 14.34

145.32 ± 9.93

−7.182

< 0.01##

1.11

50 Hz

132.52 ± 11.29

150.28 ± 8.32

−11.076

< 0.01##

1.57

control participants

130.24 ± 11.92

132.20 ± 10.05

−0.606

0.550

0.16

  1. (Note: “#” and “##” denote the results of paired-samples t-tests conducted within each group to compare pre- and post-intervention values. # p < 0.05 indicates a significant difference, and ## p < 0.01 indicates a highly significant difference. Cohen’s d is provided as the effect size for within-group comparisons.According to conventional thresholds, Cohen’s d values of 0.2, 0.5, and 0.8 represent small, medium, and large effect sizes, respectively.).