Table 2.  Pre- and post-intervention data, and percent changes, for all measures in both the experimental and control group. Values are mean (± SD).

 

EXP (n = 12)

CON (n = 12)

Pre

Post

Δ%

Pre

Post

Δ%

P value

Stature (m)

1.31 (.08)

1.32 (.10)

.76 (.81)

1.36 (.05)

1.37 (.07)

.76 (.54)

.336

Body Mass (kg)

34.2 (2.1)

34.4 (2.5)

.58 (.34)

36.2 (4.3)

35.9 (4.8)

-.83 (.9)

.301

3 step jump (m)

4.61 (.34)

4.77 (.20)

3.4 (2.3)

4.80 (.23)

4.79 (.23)

.2 (1.0)

.043

CMJ (m)

.33 (.13)

.35 (.15)

6.0 (3.1)

.36 (.11)

.36 (.05)

-.1 (.1)

.001

Agility (s)

14.81 (.72)

14.52 (.53)

-2.0 (1.7)

15.51 (.93)

15.43 (.86)

-.6 (2.2)

.275

Core stability (s)

45.2 (16.1)

64.5 (10.2)

42.7 (18.8)

34.3 (14.9)

43.3 (11.9)

26.2 (16.3)

.097

20m sprint (s)

3.60 (.35)

3.52 (.36)

-2.2 (2.0)

3.74 (.07)

3.81 (.98)

1.9 (2.7)

.008
Δ = change. P value reflects differences between the change scores for each group