Skip to main content

Table 1 Means ± standard deviations for the demographic characteristics of the sample by group

From: Time-course of balance training-related changes on static and dynamic balance performance in healthy children

Characteristic

INT-group (n = 22)

CON-group (n = 22)

p-value

Chronological age [years]

9.7 ± 0.5

9.6 ± 0.6

0.577

Age range [years]

9–10

9–11

Biological age [years from PHV]

-1.22 ± 2.32

-1.34 ± 2.24

0.864

Sex [f, m]

10/12

10/12

Body height [cm]

136.7 ± 6.7

135.9 ± 6.1

0.651

Body mass [kg]

33.6 ± 10.4

30.1 ± 4.7

0.161

Body mass index [kg/m²]

17.7 ± 3.8

16.3 ± 2.2

0.145

  1. CON control; INT intervention; f female; m male; PHV peak height velocity