| |
Basketball players
(n=12) |
Soccer players
(n=20) |
Controls
(n=12) |
| Age (years) |
21(5)
|
24 (4)
|
24 (2)
|
|
Height (cm) |
198 (8) ***,†††
|
178 (5)
|
176 (4)
|
|
Weight (kg) |
96 (10) ***,†††
|
74 (6)
|
69 (8)
|
|
Body Surface area (m2) |
2.3 (.2) ***,†††
|
1.9 (.1)
|
1.8 (.1)
|
|
Heart rate (beat·m-1) |
62 (10) †††
|
62 (6) †††
|
78 (10)
|
|
Systolic blood pressure (mm·Hg) |
118 (11)
|
118 (10)
|
112 (11)
|
|
Diastolic blood pressure (mm·Hg) |
76 (7)
|
75 (7)
|
74 (5)
|
|
Pulse Pressure (mm·Hg) |
42 (9)
|
43 (10)
|
38 (9)
|
|
Training age (years) |
8 (4) **
|
11 (4)
|
-
|
|
VO2 max (ml·kg-1·min-1) |
64 (5) **,†††
|
56 (9) †††
|
42 (3)
|
|
Peak Power (watt·kg-1) |
12.3 (1.0) †††
|
12.3 (1.2) †††
|
9.6 (1.4)
|
|
Average power (watt·kg-1) |
8.7 (.6) †††
|
8.7 (.5) †††
|
7.5 (.8)
|
| **
p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001 compared with soccer players. ††† p < 0.001 compared with controls. |