Table 2.

Force-velocity characteristics of participants

		Girls	Boys
Lower limbs	Pmax (W)	565±162	709±210*
	rPmax (W·kg−1)	10.0±2.1	12.2±2.0†
	v0 (rpm)	166±14	191±21‡
	F0 (N)	136±37	148±40
	v0/F0 (rpm·N−1)	1.31±0.38	1.37±0.36
Upper limbs	Pmax (W)	188±76	272±90†
	rPmax (W·kg−1)	3.3±1.1	4.7±1.0‡
	v0 (rpm)	125±18	153±32†
	F0 (N)	59±20	72±22
	v0/F0 (rpm·N−1)	2.31±.78	2.36±.97
Upper to lower limbs ratio	Pmax	0.34±0.09	0.40±0.11
	F0	0.45±0.14	0.50±0.15
	V0	0.76±0.09	0.80±0.13

^*p<0.05,

^†p<0.01,

^‡p<0.001 (Student’s t test) denote differences between the two groups