Fig 1.
Flow diagram depicting the inclusion/exclusion of study participants in the initial phase of enrolment and during the subsequent phases of intervention allocation, post testing, and data analysis.
Table 1.
Anthropometric characteristics of study participants.
Fig 2.
Late phase (0–200 ms) rate of force development (RFD).
Late phase (0–200 ms) rate of force development (RFD) assessed during maximal isometric knee extensor strength (MVIC) testing at baseline (black columns) and following (grey columns) 12 wks small-sided team handball training (THG) or no training (CON). Data are presented as means ± standard deviation (SD). *Within-group different from baseline (p<0.05).
Table 2.
Muscle strength, CMJ height/power and postural balance.
Fig 3.
Postural balance assessed as center of pressure (CoP) sway length during 30-sek unilateral static balance test at baseline (black columns) and following (grey columns) 12 wks small-sided team handball training (THG) or no training (CON). Mean ± standard deviation (SD) are presented. *Within-group difference compared to baseline (p<0.05).
Table 3.
Body composition.
Table 4.
Muscle fibre (VL) and capillary analysis.