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Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of the study population

From: Effect of a sports mouthguard on the functional range of motion of the spine and the upper body posture in taekwondo

Anthropometric parameter

Data

Number of subjects and gender

12 (5 f/ 7 m)

Age (mean ± SD)

18–34 years (23.9 ± 5.1)

Body height

160–190 cm

Taekwondo experience

11–22 years

Weight class

Men

Women

- 58 kg (n = 0)

- 49 kg (n = 2)

- 68 kg (n = 2)

- 57 kg (n = 0)

- 80 kg (n = 3)

- 67 kg (n = 1)

+ 80 kg (n = 2)

+  67 kg (n = 2)

Training schedule

3–4 times/day: approx. 1 h athletics training,

2x2h taekwondo specific training, 1 h rehabilitation