Table 1.

Participants general characteristics.

	Children		Adults
	NG	G	NG	G
	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD
Female (n)/Male (n)	6/5	16/15	6/7	10/12
Age (yrs)	9.6 ± 1.1	9.2 ± 1.2	17.0 ± 1.3	16.3 ± 2.6
Experience (yrs)	–	3.2 ± 1.6	–	8.4 ± 3.4
Training (h/week)	1.75 ± 1.41	10.87 ± 4.65	5.35 ± 1.69	22.57 ± 8.12
Height (m)	1.41 ± 0.06	1.30 ± 0.08	1.70 ± 0.10	1.63 ± 0.09
Weight (kg)	35.44 ± 5.61	28.43 ± 5.66	66.31 ± 17.64	56.11 ± 9.94

NG, non-gymnasts; G, gymnasts; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.