Relative Contribution of Arms and Legs in 30 s Fully Tethered Front Crawl Swimming

Table 1

Main physical and performance characteristics of the subjects, according to gender.

	Males; (n = 12)	Females; (n = 11)
Age (years)	15.2 ± 0.9	15.7 ± 1.4
Height (m)	1.73 ± 0.07^*	1.61 ± 0.06
Upper limb length (cm)	64.8 ± 2.1^†	58.1 ± 3.6
Lower limb length (cm)	82.5 ± 3.6^†	75.8 ± 4.4
Body mass (kg)	61.8 ± 7.1^†	55.7 ± 5.8
Body fat (%)	11.7 ± 3.1^†	23.7 ± 3.6
Personal best 100 m freestyle (s)	59.5 ± 2.0^†	67.1 ± 5.9

Values are mean ± SD; * and † significantly higher than females (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, resp.).