Effect of Aging on the Lower Limb Kinematics in Karate Practitioners: Comparing Athletes and Their Senseis

Table 1

Participants data of veterans (VetK) and young practitioners (YgK).

Group	Age (years)^a	Height (cm)	Weight (kg)	Leg length (cm)	Body fat (%)^a	Weekly training hours	Years of practice^a	Black belt level (Dan)^a
YgK	23.7 ± 5.8	174.2 ± 7.9	73.1 ± 14.6	89.9 ± 5.5	12.9 ± 6.5	7.4 ± 4.4	14.0 ± 4.6	1
VetK	54.2 ± 3.9	173.0 ± 6.6	78.5 ± 7.5	88.4 ± 3.9	20.8 ± 3.0	4.9 ± 1.7	32.8 ± 10.0	5

Note: VetK = veteran karate practitioners; YgK = young karate practitioners. Values are means ± standard deviation. ^aStatistically significant differences between groups (α ≤ 0.05).