Table 1: General characteristics of the participants at pre-training according to groups.

 

MJ-SJ (n = 10)

SJ-MJ (n = 13)

p

Age (years)

60.0 ± 5.6

63.3 ± 7.8

0.37

Body Mass (kg)

77.2 ± 11.6

71.3 ± 13.7

0.32

Height (cm)

154.5 ± 7.3

158.0 ± 4.6

0.17

BMI (kg/m 2 )

32.1 ± 5.0

28.6 ± 5.5

0.10

 

Note: MJ-SJ = Group that performed the exercises from multi- to single-joint order; SJ-MJ = Group that performed the exercises from single- to multi-joint order; BMI: Body Mass Index.

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.