a trend toward significancep = 0.076
54.60 ± 8.28), and while this difference did not reach statistical significance, it showed a trend toward significance ( p = 0.076), suggesting a potential group effect.
54.60 ± 8.28), and while this difference did not reach statistical significance, it showed a trend toward significance ( p = 0.076), suggesting a potential group effect.
However, the intergroup differences remained mostly nonsignificant (BB posttest: t = − 0.978, p = 0.334); for the TB posttest, the difference approached significance (t = − 1.825, p = 0.076), suggesting a trend toward greater TB activation in sedentary participants.
Although sedentary individuals consistently demonstrated numerically higher muscle activation values than athletes did, these differences did not reach statistical significance.