Table 2 Effects of balance training frequency on measures of static and dynamic balance in adolescents
Measure | BT-2x/wk (n = 16) | BT-3x/wk (n = 16) | p-value (ηp2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pretest | Posttest | Pretest | Posttest | Group | Test | Group × Test | |
OLS | |||||||
OLS time; EC-FI [s] | 38.4 ± 18.6 | 49.2 ± 18.7 | 24.5 ± 24.7 | 41.7 ± 22.3 | 0.103 (0.09) | 0.001 (0.29) | 0.426 (0.02) |
OLS time; EO-FO [s] | 48.7 ± 18.7 | 60.0 ± 0.2 | 53.6 ± 14.0 | 56.8 ± 7.1 | 0.800 (0.01) | 0.016 (0.18) | 0.166 (0.06) |
OLS time; EC-FO [s] | 4.7 ± 2.9 | 9.6 ± 12.6 | 4.7 ± 2.5 | 13.7 ± 15.9 | 0.446 (0.02) | 0.008 (0.21) | 0.401 (0.02) |
YBT-LQ | |||||||
YBT-LQ: AT reach [% LL] | 67.9 ± 5.4 | 70.3 ± 5.1 | 65.6 ± 4.8 | 69.5 ± 5.4 | 0.388 (0.03) | < 0.001 (0.52) | 0.175 (0.06) |
YBT-LQ: PM reach [% LL] | 107.3 ± 4.1 | 111.9 ± 4.1 | 106.0 ± 5.0 | 112.7 ± 5.8 | 0.858 (0.01) | < 0.001 (0.69) | 0.134 (0.07) |
YBT-LQ: PL reach [% LL] | 101.2 ± 7.1 | 108.1 ± 4.5 | 100.8 ± 7.1 | 106.8 ± 5.6 | 0.676 (0.01) | < 0.001 (0.63) | 0.595 (0.01) |
YBT-LQ: CS [% LL] | 92.1 ± 3.9 | 96.8 ± 3.6 | 90.8 ± 4.4 | 96.3 ± 4.3 | 0.521 (0.01) | < 0.001 (0.80) | 0.349 (0.03) |