Table 2.

Correlation coefficients between physical characteristics and semitendinosus tendon properties

	Young’s modulus	Slackening from 1st cycle	Slackening from 6th cycle
Age	0.559	− 0.276	− 0.092
	(P = 0.003)	(P = 0.172)	(P = 0.654)
Height	− 0.028	0.170	− 0.054
	(P = 0.898)	(P = 0.439)	(P = 0.808)
Body weight	− 0.020	− 0.132	− 0.227
	(P = 0.927)	(P = 0.550)	(P = 0.298)
BMI	0.063	− 0.136	0.109
	(P = 0.774)	(P = 0.535)	(P = 0.621)

Correlation coefficients were calculated using Spearman’s ρ (n = 26). P values are shown in parentheses

BMI Body mass index