Table 1 The baseline characteristics of study participants in the experimental and control groups and the results of the Shapiro–Wilk normality test.

1.

Age (in years)^a

21.66 ± 1.21 (20.39–22.93)

22.16 ± 1.47 (20.62 to 23.71)

2.

Male gender n (%)^b

5 (83%)

5 (83%)

3.

Height (in cm)^a

168.5 ± 7.91 (160.19–176.81)

167.16 ± 6.96 (159.85–174.48)

4.

Weight (in Kg)^a

67.83 ± 10.74 (56.56–79.10)

68.50 ± 7.63 (60.48–76.51)

5.

BMI (in Kg/m²)^a

23.37 ± 2.47 (20.77–25.97)

24.36 ± 3.99 (20.17–23.01)

6.

Beck anxiety inventory^a

24.50 ± 2.88 (21.47–27.52)

25.66 ± 2.33 (23.21 to 28.12)

7.

Stroop test

27.50 ± 1.51 (25.90–29.09)

27.16 ± 3.06 (23.95 to 30.37)

8.

DSST^a

45.66 ± 8.77 (36.45–54.87)

41.00 ± 6.03 (34.66 to 47.33)

9.

EMG-time relaxed (in seconds)^a

821.00 ± 210.38 (600.21–1041.78)

683.83 ± 168.71 (506.78–860.88)