Table 3.
Correlation coefficient r between age and the force-velocity characteristics of participants
| Girls | Boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower limbs | Pmax (W) | 0.64† | 0.43* |
| rPmax (W·kg−1) | 0.23 | 0.14 | |
| v0 (rpm) | 0.19 | 0.56† | |
| F0 (N) | 0.60* | 0.26 | |
| v0/F0 (rpm·N−1) | −0.47 (P=0.06) | −0.09 | |
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| Upper limbs | Pmax (W) | 0.56* | 0.57† |
| rPmax (W·kg−1) | 0.16 | 0.37 (P=0.05) | |
| v0 (rpm) | 0.34 | 0.37 (P=0.06) | |
| F0 (N) | 0.47 (P=0.06) | 0.37 (P=0.05) | |
| v0/F0 (rpm·N−1) | −0.30 | −0.08 | |
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| Upper to lower limbs ratio | Pmax | 0.06 | 0.23 |
| F0 | −0.08 | 0.14 | |
| V0 | 0.26 | 0.10 |
*
p<0.05,
†
p<0.01