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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics

From: Peroneal muscle response to single-leg drop-jump and unexpected leg-drop in young and middle-aged adults before and after one session of neuromuscular training

 

Young (n = 26)

Middle-aged (n = 26)

p-value

Age (years)

26.3 ± 3.60

55.3 ± 4.01

 < 0.001

Gender: Female (%)

13 (50%)

13 (50%)

1

Leg dominance: right (%)

26 (100%)

26 (100%)

1

Height (m)

1.68 ± 0.11

1.71 ± 0.09

0.431

Weight (kg)

67.3 ± 14.01

73.8 ± 14.6

0.121

BMI (kg/m 2 )

23.37 ± 2.51

25.0 ± 3.50

0.063

Grip strength a (KgF/Kg)

0.61 ± 0.15

0.51 ± 0.13

0.012

Ankle eversion MVC at T0 a (N/Kg)

2.14 ± 0.61

2.30 ± 0.75

0.579

Total physical activity (MET-min/week)

3159 (8065–1905)

2592 (4898–1339)

0.241

IPAQ time spent sitting (min/week)

338.08 ± 124.31

356.15 ± 192.85

0.747

  1. Mean ± standard deviation
  2. Median (interquartile range)
  3. BMI, Body mass index, MVC Maximal voluntary contraction, IPAQ International physical activity questionnaire, METS metabolic equivalent units, METS-min Metabolic equivalent of task-minuets
  4. aNormalized to body mass