Table 1.

Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the participants ^a

Participant Characteristics	MCS (n = 22)	MSS (n = 22)	CG (n = 23)	P
Age, y	51.64 ± 13.15	52.09 ± 10.23	55 ± 9.7	0.54 b
Height, cm	162.68 ± 7.23	166.27 ± 8.08	163.48 ± 6.06	0.22 b
Weight, kg	77.98 ± 12.21	72.64 ± 11.81	77.67 ± 15.13	0.32 b
Body mass index, kg/m2	29.69 ± 4.83	26.31 ± 4.23	28.94 ± 4.81	0.56 b
Sex, n (male/female)	14/8	13/9	18/5	0.35 c

CG, control group; MCS, modified cross-body stretch group; MSS, modified sleeper stretch group.

^aValues are presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.

^bOne-way analysis of variance.

^cChi-square test.