Table 2: Muscular strength, flexibility and functional capacity in the different conditions according to the training groups.

Variable

Group

Pre-training

Post-training

Detraining

Effect Size

p

 

 

 

 

 

Post-training

Detraining

Muscular strength (kgf)

MJ-SJ

25.0 ± 5.3

26.3 ± 5.7#

25.7 ± 6.1*

0.25

-0.11

0.33

 

SJ-MJ

29.1 ± 6.3

31.2 ± 5.9#

28.8 ± 6.1*

0.33

-0.41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flexibility (cm)

MJ-SJ

17.2 ± 6.6

20.9 ± 7.2#

19.1 ± 7.7#

0.56

-0.25

0.11

 

SJ-MJ

23.7 ± 7.8

28.2 ± 8.6#

29.5 ± 8.8#

0.58

0.15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upper-body muscular endurance (reps)

MJ-SJ

18.6 ± 3.7

25.3 ± 3.6#

21.0 ± 4.5*

1.81

-1.19

0.98

 

SJ-MJ

19.2 ± 3.3

26.7 ± 6.0#

22.4 ± 3.1*

2.27

-0.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lower-body muscular endurance (reps)

MJ-SJ

14.3 ± 4.2

15.8 ± 3.0#

12.4 ± 1.6*

0.36

-1.13

0.87

 

SJ-MJ

14.5 ± 2.9

16.8 ± 3.3#

13.4 ± 1.7*

0.79

-1.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gait speed (s)

MJ-SJ

5.4 ± 0.7

5.6 ± 0.9

6.2 ± 0.6#*

0.29

0.67

0.16

 

SJ-MJ

5.9 ± 0.4

5.8 ± 0.7

6.0 ± 0.4#*

-0.25

0.29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agility and dynamic balance (s)

MJ-SJ

28.6 ± 2.6

26.2 ± 2.9#

31.1 ± 2.9*#

-0.92

1.69

0.88

 

SJ-MJ

28.6 ± 3.5

25.1 ± 3.7#

30.0 ± 4.1*#

-1.00

1.32

 

Note: Reps = Repetitions; MJ-SJ = Group that performed the exercises in the multi- to single-joint order; SJ-MJ = Group that performed the exercises in the single-to multi-joint order; p value of interaction; #p < 0.05 vs. pre-training; *p < 0.05 vs. post-training.