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Table 2 Significant a Spearman’s ranks correlation coefficients between training experience, ages, and anthropometric measures in young adolescent female artistic gymnasts and acrobatic gymnasts (training as “tops”)

From: Postural sway in young female artistic and acrobatic gymnasts according to training experience and anthropometric characteristics

ARTISTIC GYMNASTS (n = 10)
Measure Gymnastics experience Age Body height Body mass BMI percentile Maturity offset
Gymnastics experience –      
Age 0.97 –     
Body height 0.74 0.76 –    
Body mass 0.83 0.81 0.90 –   
BMI percentile ns ns ns ns –  
Maturity offset 0.91 0.94 0.89 0.92 ns –
ACROBATIC GYMNASTS (n = 10)
Measure Gymnastics experience Age Body height Body mass BMI percentile Maturity offset
Gymnastics experience –      
Age ns –     
Body height ns ns –    
Body mass ns ns 0.79 –   
BMI percentile ns ns 0.63 0.94 –  
Maturity offset ns 0.91 0.65 ns ns –
  1. a p < 0.05
  2. Maturity offset - years from age at peak height velocity, ns nonsignificant.
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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

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