Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of anthropometry and physical tests of the participants grouped according to the level of disability and the type of injury

	IWBF classa			SCI injury
	Below median	Above median	d	Non-SCI	SCI	d
Age (years)	32.66±8.75	33.37±7.52	−0.08	33.80±8.92	32.66±7.56	0.13
WC use (years)	16.33±7.99	4.5±8.75*	1.41	-	14.88±8.82	-
Playing experience (years)	8.16±4.49	4.40±5.54*	0.92	4.05±3.67	7.11±4.37	−0.75
Sitting body height (cm)	82.06±3.37	91.53±5.74*	−2.01	94.20±1.70	84.33±5.76	2.33
Body mass (kg)	62.46±7.27	89.13±21.79*	−1.64	94.46±17.67	68.91±17.45	1.56
Σ skinfold (mm)	61.10±16.70	82.01±34.76	−0.76	86.86±42.20	66.45±23.05	0.65
Arm perimeter (cm)	31.06±1.41	35.10±3.55*	−1.49	34.36±3.09	32.65±3.46	0.51
Contracted arm (cm)	34.66±2.02	38.18±3.51	−1.22	37.10±3.63	36.20±3.37	0.25
Hand dynamometry (kg)	34.56±5.03	42.05±1.91*	−2.06	46.66±2.88	37.75±7.93	1.49
Maximal pass (m)	8.01±0.88	10.51±1.48*	−2.05	10.18±1.49	8.55±1.64	1.04
Medicine ball throw (m)	3.42±0.58	4.21±0.52*	−1.43	4.11±0.54	3.59±0.69	0.83
5 m sprint (s)	1.87±0.14	1.85±0.29	0.08	2.03±0.11	1.76±0.22	1.55
20 m sprint (s)	5.62±0.45	5.67±0.48	−0.10	5.96±0.26	5.47±0.45	1.33
5 m sprint with a ball (s)	2.10±0.18	2.09±0.42	0.03	2.29±0.33	1.98±0.27	1.02
20 m sprint with a ball (s)	6.46±0.53	6.64±0.79	−0.26	6.96±0.79	6.33±0.50	0.95
T-test (s)	16.51±1.02	17.29±1.37	−0.64	18.07±0.86	16.29±0.91*	2.00
Pick-up test (s)	16.04±3.14	16.63±2.61	−0.20	18.20±2.10	15.45±2.60	1.16
Lactate pre (mmol·l−1)	1.06±0.23	1.01±0.57	0.11	1.16±0.76	1.00±0.29	0.29
Lactate post (mmol·l−1)	7.58±3.21	7.48±1.88	0.03	6.33±2.00	7.93±2.63	0.68
HRmax (bpm)	169.66±25.63	177±15.57	−0.35	168.66±16.86	175.11±23.11	0.31
Distance (m)	980.83±330.7	1076.66±458.53	−0.23	646.66±64.29	1156.11±380.9*	−1.86

WC: wheelchair; Σ skinfold (mm): tricipital + subscapular + abdominal + suprailiac skinfolds.

HR: heart rate (beats per minute).

^*p<0.05 Mann-Whitney U test.

The lactate values, heart rate and distance refer to the endurance test. d: Cohen’s d

^amedian value was 3