Table 2.  Swimming force, dry land strength, swimming performance times, maximal velocity, stroke length and stroke rate. All data are presented as mean (standard deviation).
 

Intervention group

Control group

All (n = 11)

Female (n = 5)

All (n = 9)

Female (n = 7)

FS (N)
Pre
124.9
(23.2)
109.8
(6.9)
114.4
(17.3)
107.0
(4.7)
Post
133.5
(21.9)**†
117.8
(6.7)*†
118.1
(18.3)†
109.3
(3.4)†

FL (N)
Pre
318.8
(89.8)
260.0
(32.9)
277.9
(44.2)
262.8
(36.7)
Post
383.5
(89.3)**†
323.7
(32.0)*
310.7
(56.2)*†
287.3
(33.8)*

50m (s)
Pre
28.88
(2.00)
30.51
(1.43)
29.35
(1.72)
29.87
(1.48)
Post
28.55
(1.80)
29.93
(1.40)
29.16
(1.76)
29.83
(1.35)

100m (s)
Pre
63.00
(4.12)
66.52
(2.95)
64.08
(4.18)
65.43
(3.50)
Post
62.05
(3.82)
64.75
(3.42)
64.06
(4.80)
65.78
(3.87)

400m (s)
Pre
290.43
(16.26)
301.83
(15.02)
290.08
(16.20)
294.70
(14.88)
Post
286.43
(16.64)*
298.09
(17.56)
290.40
(18.24)
296.62
(15.50)

vmax (m·s-1)
Pre
1.59
(.11)10
1.50
(.09)
1.53
(.08)7
1.50
(.06)5
Post
1.60
(.10)10
1.53
(.06)
1.56
(.07)7
1.53
(.03)5

SL (m)
Pre
1.68
(.17)10
1.61
(.11)†
1.74
(.13)7
1.78
(.10)5†
Post
1.73
(.16)10
1.65
(.14)
1.80
(.15)7
1.80
(.18)5

SR (Hz)
Pre
.953
(.090)10
.936
(.086)†
.885
(.078)7
.846
(.036)5†
Post
.930
(.074)10
.929
(.074)
.872
(.078)7
.858
(.090)5
FS: Maximal swimming force, N: Newton, FL: 1RM land strength, 50m: 50m maximal front crawl swimming, m: meters, s: seconds, 100m: 100m maximal front crawl swimming, 400m: 400m maximal front crawl swimming, vmax: Maximal swimming velocity, 10: Include 10 subjects, 7: Include 7 subjects, 5: Include 5 subjects, SL: Stroke length, SR: Stroke rate, rpm: repetitions per minute (in this context stroke-cycles per minute). * Significant change in group at p < 0.05. ** Significant change in group at p < 0.01. † Significant difference between intervention group and control group at p < 0.05.