Table 1. Statistical description of the sample.
| First part of the study n=51 |
Second part of the study n=39 |
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| Injured in volume period n=12 | Non-injured n=39 | Injured in pre-competition period n=6 | Non-injured n=33 | ||||||
| Age (years) | 23.2±8.0 | 22.3±7.5 | 26.5±9.0 | 21.6±7.0 | |||||
| Height (m) | 1.74±0.07 | 1.74±0.08 | 1.75±0.05 | 1.74±0.09 | |||||
| Weight (kg) | 61.0±11.0 | 62.9±11.7 | 61.5±7.9 | 63.2±12.4 | |||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20.1±2.4 | 20.7±2.5 | 20.1±1.5 | 20.8±2.7 | |||||
| Gender | Men | 8 | 66.7% | 27 | 69.2% | 5 | 83.3% | 22 | 66.7% |
| Women | 4 | 33.3% | 12 | 30.8% | 1 | 16.7% | 11 | 33.3% | |
| Experience (years) | 7.8±4.7 | 7.2±4.6 | 10.0±4.8 | 6.7±4.4 | |||||
Quantitative variables are shown as means and SD. Categorical variables are shown as frequencies and percentages. p values are from the Student’s t-test and χ2 test, respectively. BMI: body mass index