School-Based Comprehensive Strength Training Interventions to Improve Muscular Fitness and Perceived Physical Competence in Chinese Male Adolescents
Table 3
Effects of the intervention on muscular fitness and perceived physical competence according to group ().
Variables
Pretest
Posttest
Δ change (95%CI)a
Muscular fitness
Standing long jump (cm)
CST
8.84### (6.70~10.98)
CON
0.71 (-1.46~2.87)
Δ change (95%CI)b
3.06 (-6.68~12.79)
11.19 (1.63~20.75)
Vertical jump (cm)
CST
4.81### (3.83~5.79)
CON
0.54 (-0.49~1.52)
Δ change (95%CI)b
1.09 (-1.19~3.36)
3.18 (0.88~5.50)
1 min sit-ups (rep)
CST
5.86### (4.07~7.64)
CON
0.72 (-1.08~2.52)
Δ change (95%CI)b
0.26 (-3.24~3.76)
5.40 (1.86~8.92)
1 min push-ups (rep)
CST
3.16### (2.29~4.03)
CON
0.57 (-0.31~1.45)
Δ change (95%CI)b
0.54 (-3.84~2.75)
2.04 (-1.21~5.30)
Handgrip strength (kg)
CST
1.74### (0.99~2.48)
CON
0.05 (-0.70~0.79)
Δ change (95%CI)b
1.58 (-0.97~4.12)
3.36 (0.82~5.90)
Perceived physical competence
CST
0.87### (0.61~1.13)
CON
0.08 (-0.18~0.34)
Δ change (95%CI)b
0.02 (-0.34~0.38)
0.81 (0.49~1.14)
CST: comprehensive strength training interventions group; CON: control group; : means and standard deviation; CI: confidence interval; Δ change: mean change prepost treatment; abetween-group difference with 95% CI; bwithin-group difference with 95% CI; difference between CON vs. CST; difference between CON vs. CST; difference between CON vs. CST; # difference between pre- vs. posttest; ## difference between pre- vs. posttest; ### difference between pre- vs. posttest.
