TABLE 1.

Age, training experience, maturity offset and anthropometric characteristics (mean ± SD) of the subjects in the stretching group (SG) and the control group (CG)

	SG (n = 19)	CG (n = 11)	p
Age (y)	9.8 ± 0.5	9.5 ± 0.8	0.118
Training experience (y)	2.5 ± 1.8	2.1 ± 1.2	0.533
Height (cm)	134.6 ± 7.3	133.5 ± 7.0	0.696
Body mass (Kg)	33.4 ± 7.0	33.4 ± 8.0	0.985
BMI (kg/m2)	18.3 ± 2.1	18.5 ± 2.3	0.779
Leg length (cm)	69.5 ± 2.5	67.8 ± 3.8	0.147
Maturity offset (y)	-3.9 ± 0.4	-4.2 ± 0.6	0.157