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. 2020 Aug 6;15(8):e0236959. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236959

Table 3. Sprint profile of professional football players and differences between playing positions.

	Position
Variables	CD (M ± SD)	FB (M ± SD)	MF (M ± SD)	WMF (M ± SD)	FW (M ± SD)	p	ES
SPA (total)	8.6 ± 3.7^c ^d	11.7 ± 3.9^c	4.6 ± 2.9^a ^b ^d ^e	15.9 ± 4.7^a ^c ^e	8.7 ± 3.1^c ^d	0.01	0.04–2.87
SPD (m)	148.9 ± 73.1^d	228.3 ± 92.5^c	88.2 ± 53.9^b ^d ^e	338.2 ± 103.9^a ^c ^e	165.3 ± 58.1^c ^d	0.01	0.24–3.05
SPD_AVG (m)	16.9 ± 2.6^d	19.2 ± 3.2	20.1 ± 7.7	21.6 ± 3.8^a	19.6 ± 4.8	0.01	0.07–1.45
V_MAX (km/h)	30.6 ± 1.4^a ^c ^d	30.7 ± 1.6^c	28.5 ± 1.7^a ^b ^d ^e	32.0 ± 1.6^a ^c ^e	29.9 ± 2.0^c ^d	0.01	0.07–2.16
Sprint time (s)	2.5 ± 0.3	2.8 ± 0.4	2.8 ± 1.2	3.1 ± 0.5	2.9 ± 0.7	0.07	0.03–1.45

M: mean; SD: standard deviation; ES: effect size.

^aStatistical difference to CD (p < 0.05);

^bStatistical difference to FB (p < 0.05);

^cStatistical difference to MF (p < 0.05);

^dStatistical difference to WMF (p < 0.05);

^eStatistical difference to FW (p < 0.05).