Table 1. Physical characteristics of soccer players and control group and total and regional length of iliopsoas and gluteal muscles from L1/L2 to the pubic simphysis and (mean ± SD).
| Variables | Tennis Players | Soccer Players | Controls | ||||||
| Age (years) | 21.9 | ± | 3.8 | 26.2 | ± | 5.2 | 27.5 | ± | 8.1 |
| Height (cm) | 182.5 | ± | 3.9 | 182.3 | ± | 5.6 | 177.7 | ± | 2.6 a |
| Body mass (Kg) | 75.4 | ± | 6.9 | 78.0 | ± | 6.8 | 75.5 | ± | 11.1 |
| BMI | 22.6 | ± | 1.5 | 23.5 | ± | 1.7 | 23.9 | ± | 3.5 |
| Ilopsoas length | |||||||||
| 1st segment | 3.0 | ± | 0.0 | 3.0 | ± | 0.0 | 2.8 | ± | 0.4 |
| 2nd segment | 3.4 | ± | 0.5 | 3.3 | ± | 0.5 | 3.2 | ± | 0.4 |
| 3rd segment | 3.3 | ± | 0.5 | 3.5 | ± | 0.5 | 3.0 | ± | 0.0 c |
| 4th segment | 3.9 | ± | 0.4 | 3.9 | ± | 0.3 | 3.3 | ± | 0.5 b, d |
| 5th segment | 3.0 | ± | 0.0 | 3.0 | ± | 0.0 | 3.0 | ± | 0.0 |
| 6th segment | 3.6 | ± | 0.5 | 3.9 | ± | 0.4 | 3.3 | ± | 0.5 b |
| 7th segment | 3.4 | ± | 0.5 | 3.5 | ± | 0.5 | 3.0 | ± | 0.0 c |
| 8th segment | 3.9 | ± | 0.4 | 3.9 | ± | 0.3 | 3.7 | ± | 0.5 |
| Total | 27.4 | ± | 2.0 | 28.1 | ± | 1.6 | 25.5 | ± | 1.8 b |
| Gluteal muscles length | |||||||||
| 1st segment | 3.6 | ± | 0.5 | 3.9 | ± | 0.3 | 3.2 | ± | 0.4 c |
| 2nd segment | 4.1 | ± | 0.4 | 4.5 | ± | 0.5 | 3.7 | ± | 0.5 e |
| 3rd segment | 4.0 | ± | 0.0 | 4.1 | ± | 0.3 | 3.3 | ± | 0.5 b, f |
| 4th segment | 4.4 | ± | 0.5 | 4.9 | ± | 0.3 g | 4.0 | ± | 0.0 c |
| Total | 16.1 | ± | 1.2 | 17.4 | ± | 0.9 h | 14.2 | ± | 1.2 c, f |
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P<0.05 CG vs. SP and CG vs. TP, b P<0.05 CG vs. SP, c P<0.001 CG vs. SP, d P<0.05 CG vs. TP, e P<0.01 CG vs. SP, f P<0.01 CG vs. TP, g P<0.05 TP vs. SP, h P<0.01 TP vs. SP