Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 2 The values of quadriceps and hamstring muscle force before and after the intervention

From: Effects of whole-body vibration on quadriceps and hamstring muscle strength, endurance, and power in children with hemiparetic cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled study

		Study group, n = 20	Control group, n = 20	p value
Quadriceps force, lbs	Pre	4.27 ± 1.45	4.09 ± 1.86	0.741
	Post	9.50 ± 1.64	5.07 ± 1.88	0.015*
	p value	0.001*	0.001*
Hamstring force, lbs	Pre	3.25 ± 0.98	3.11 ± 1.05	0.665
	Post	5.07 ± 1.63	3.96 ± 1.48	0.030*
	p value	0.001*	0.001*

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, *significantly (p < 0.05)

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