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Physical Fitness and Anthropometric Measures of Young Brazilian Judo and Wrestling Athletes and Its Relations to Cardiorespiratory Fitness

2019; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 7; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/sports7020038

2075-4663

Vitor Alves Marques, Víctor Silveira Coswig, Ricardo Borges Viana, Acácia Gonçalves Ferreira Leal, Fagner Medeiros Alves, Ana Gabriella Pereira Alves, Gabriela de Oliveira Teles, Carlos Alexandre Vieira, Maria João Silva, Douglas de Assis Teles Santos, Paulo Gentil,

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This study aimed to compare the anthropometric profile and physical fitness of young judo and wrestling athletes. Twenty-four young athletes (judo (n = 13) and wrestling (n = 11)) participated in this study. The first visit involved anthropometric and flexibility evaluation, abdominal endurance test, upper limbs resistance and cardiorespiratory test. After 48 h, horizontal jump test (HJT), vertical jump test (VJT), medicine ball throw test (MBT), chin-up test (CUT), chin-up isometric test (CUIT) and the anaerobic resistance test were performed. Judo athletes presented greater values for body mass (p = 0.020), height (p = 0.010), and body mass index (p = 0.026) than wrestlers. Judo athletes also performed better for abdominal endurance (p = 0.044), upper limb resistance tests (p < 0.001), VJT (p = 0.022) and MBT (p = 0.023) than wrestling athletes. These results suggest that young judo athletes presented a higher performance in abdominal endurance, upper limbs resistance, HJT, VJT and MBT than wrestling athletes, suggesting that strength and conditioning are related to modality specificity.