Effectiveness of three modes of kinetic-chain exercises on quadriceps muscle strength and thigh girth among individuals with knee osteoarthritis

Table 4 Analysis of time and interventionxtime interaction effects on static and dynamic quadriceps muscle strength and thigh girth

Variable	F		p		Partial Eta Square
SQS (N)
Time	82.015		<0.001		0.469
Intvn*time	1.115		0.347		0.023
DQS(N)
Time	35.113		<0.001		0.274
Intvn*time	0.225		0.834		0.005
TG (cm)
Time	1.864		<0.001		0.426
Intvn*time	0.174		0.984		0.004
Bonferroni post-hoc analysis of time effects
	SQS (N)		DQS (N)		TG (cm)
Time point (weeks)	Mean Difference (95% CI)	P	Mean Difference (95% CI)	p	Mean Difference (95% CI)	P
0 vs 4	1.33 (0.93–1.73)	<0.001	0.25 (0.18–0.32)	<0.001	0.38 (0.21–0.54)	<0.001
0 vs 8	2.32 (1.87–2.77)	<0.001	0.47 (0.38–0.56)	<0.001	1.04 (0.71–1.37)	<0.001
0 vs 12	3.30 (2.52–4.08)	<0.001	0.74 (0.45–1.02)	<0.001	1.32 (0.93–1.72)	<0.001
4 vs 8	0.99(0.82–1.16)	<0.001	0.22 (0.17–0.27)	<0.001	0.67 (0.46–0.87)	<0.001
4 vs 12	1.97 (1.21–2.73)	<0.001	0.49 (0.21–0.77)	<0.001	0.95 (0.67–1.23)	<0.001
8 vs 12	0.98 (0.25–1.71)	0.003	0.27 (0.00–0.54)	0.045	0.28 (0.06–0.51)	0.007

p < 0.05
Vs Versus, Intvn Intervention, SQS Static quadriceps muscle strength, DQS Dynamic quadriceps muscle strength, TG Thigh girth

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