Table 1. Participant characteristics including trunk rotational strength measures.
| Variables |
Sprinters |
Hurdlers |
| n |
10 (2F) |
11 (7F) |
| Age (years) |
20.4 (± 1.9) |
20 (± 1.2) |
| Height (m) |
1.82 (± 0.05) |
1.73 (± 0.10) |
| Weight (kg) |
73.9 (± 5.6) |
67.6 (± 12.0) |
| BMI |
22.4 |
22.7 |
| Average right trunk rotation strength (kg) |
32.4 (± 6.1) *
p < 0.001; d = 0.721 |
27.7 (± 9.4) *
p < 0.001; d = 0.404 |
| Average left trunk rotation strength (kg) |
28.0 ± (8.0) |
23.9 (± 7.2) |
| Front Foot in Starting Block |
Right (n = 2) |
Left (n = 8) |
Right (n = 5) |
Left (n = 6) |
| Leading Leg (Hurdlers Only) |
|
Right (n = 8) |
Left (n = 3) |
Data are mean (± standard deviation) within-group. Following mean (± standard deviation) are p-values and Cohen’s d effect size for statistically significant values.*Right trunk rotation is significantly greater than left.
