16 March 2025 : Clinical Research
Evaluating Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Female Horse Show Jumpers Using the Australian Pelvic Floor Questionnaire
Anna Katarzyna Cygańska
ABCDEFG 1*, Blanka Giżewska ABCDEF 1, Kinga Zdunek DE 2
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.946830
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e946830
Table 1 Characteristics of participants by study group (M, SD, effect size).
| Variable | Study group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group In=55 | Group IIn=19 | Control groupn=86 | p-Value | Effect size(η2; Cohen’s f) | ||
| Age (years) | 24.7 (5.48) | 24.26 (4.30) | 23.19 (2.31) | 0.895* | 0.032 | 0.183 |
| Body weight (kg) | 58.75 (6.60) | 59.89 (6.90) | 58.86 (7.51) | 0.827** | 0.003 | 0.050 |
| Body height (cm) | 167.18 (6.38) | 170.32 (6.29) | 166.60 (6.43) | 0.079** | 0.033 | 0.183 |
| BMI (kg/m) | 21.04 (1.84) | 20.66 (2.16) | 21.14 (1.79) | 0.827** | 0.007 | 0.082 |
| Training experience of show jumping (years) | 8.16 (4.81) | 4.74 (2.45) | Not applicable | 0.002,*** | 0.626 | 12.944 |
| Frequency of training (times per week) | 3.29 (1.68) | 2.79 (1.51) | Not applicable | 0.277*** | 0.675 | 14.400 |
| # p * Kruskal-Wallis test; ** ANOVA; *** Mann-Whitney U test. | ||||||