Table 1. Subject characteristics. Values are means (±SE).
|
UNMATCHED |
MATCHED |
| Variable |
Women (n=11) |
Men (n=11) |
Women (n=5) |
Men (n=5) |
| Age (yrs) |
23.1 (2.0) |
24.0 (2.0) |
22.4 (2.0) |
24.6 (1.0) |
| Height (m) |
1.69 (.02) * |
1.76 (.02) |
1.71 (.03) |
173.7 (2.4) |
| Weight (kg) |
65.8 (3.6) * |
78.1 (4.4) |
74.0 (6.3) |
71.2 (4.6) |
| Body surface area (m2) |
1.7 (.1) * |
1.9 (.1) |
1.9 (.1) |
1.8 (.1) |
| Vo2,peak (ml∙kg∙min-1) |
34.8 (1.6) * |
41.2 (2.5) |
34.6 (3.4) |
39.8 (1.3) |
| Resting MVC force (N) |
341.5 (11.9) * |
488.5 (31.3) |
376.6 (10.6) |
407.8 (27.3) |
| MVC force (N) at task failure |
179.7 (7.6) *# |
242.7 (12.8) # |
199.0 (8.1) # |
208.7 (16.0) # |
| Time to task failure (s) |
793.3 ± 92.5 |
684.8 (76.2) |
706.6 (117.0) |
831.8 (118.7) |
* significant gender difference within each respective group (p < 0.05).# significant difference between resting MVC force and respective value at task failure (p < 0.05).
