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Table 1 The effect size and data distribution of maximal ball throw distance and speed before and after conditioning activities respectively

From: Antagonist activation exercises elicit similar post-activation performance enhancement as agonist activities on throwing performance

 

Conditioning activity

Mean ± SD

Within effect size (Cohen's d)

Shapiro–Wilk

95% CI

Pre-activation

Post-activation

Pre-activation

Post-activation

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Distance (cm)

Bench press

502.31 ± 40.4

510.92 ± 49.1

0.19

0.97

0.97

477.88

526.74

 

Bent over barbell row

504.15 ± 61.1

527.54 ± 52.8

0.41

0.92

0.97

467.24

541.06

 

Push up

488.62 ± 35.8

506.54 ± 51.0

0.37

0.95

0.93

466.97

510.26

Maximum speed (m/s)

Bench press

5.72 ± 0.5

5.91 ± 0.4

0.41

0.90

0.97

5.43

6.01

 

Bent over barbell row

5.72 ± 0.4

5.82 ± 0.5

0.23

0.89

0.83

5.46

5.97

 

Push up

5.56 ± 0.4

5.68 ± 0.3

0.33

0.95

0.92

5.34

5.79

  1. SD, standard deviation; CI, confidence interval