Table 1 Overview of the characteristics of the subjects participating in the study

Age (M ± SD; min–max)

27 ± 3.1; 21–32

28 ± 4.2; 20–34

0.7426

BMI (M ± SD; min–max)

22 ± 1.2; 20–25

23 ± 0.92; 21–24

0.5670

Games (Me; Q1–Q3; min–max)

23; 17–27; 10–36

24; 22–27; 10–36

0.2857

Play minutes (Me; Q1–Q3; min–max)

1528; 987–2020; 705–2876

2033; 1444–2350; 827–3195

0.0722

 Defender, n (%)

9 (26)

16 (47)

0.2043^#

 Midfield, n (%)

19 (56)

13 (38)

 Forward, n (%)

6 (18)

5 (15)

 Russian Premier League, n (%)

24 (71)

23 (68)

> 0.9999^##

 Football National League, n (%)

10 (29)

11 (32)