Between‐limb comparisons revealed that at the rehabilitation phase, the difference approached significance ( p = 0.057, Cohen's d = 0.890 [95% CI: −0.023–1.755]), while at the return‐to‐sport phase, the injured limb was significantly greater ( p = 0.017, Cohen's d = 1.231 [95% CI: 0.200–2.211]).
In the injured limb, passive BFlh stiffness at the rehabilitation phase was significantly greater than that at baseline ( p = 0.049, Cohen's d = 1.465 [95% CI: 0.343–2.537]), while the difference at the return‐to‐sport phase approached but did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.094, Cohen's d = 1.261 [95% CI: 0.219–2.252]).
Although some comparisons that showed only a trend toward significance in the parametric analyses reached statistical significance in the nonparametric tests, the overall pattern of temporal changes was consistent across analytical approaches.