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Table 3 Aerobic fitness of Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes (data are presented as the mean ± SD)

From: Physical and Physiological Profiles of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Athletes: a Systematic Review

Athlete characteristics (n)

Test

VO2max (ml/kg/min)

References

State level athletes (n = 5)

Graded exercise test in treadmill (direct)

45.2 ± 2.4

Leitão da Silva [31]

Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 9)

1600 m test

50.4 ± 4.0

Mazzoccante et al. [35]a

State level athletes—white to purple belt (n = 9)

2400 m test

42.4 ± 5.6

Ribeiro et al. [36]

State level athletes—white to purple belt (n = 9)

 

46.3 ± 7.0

 

State level athletes (n = 9)

 

46.3 ± 7.0

 

Practitioners (n = 136)

Queens College step

52.2 ± 7.9

Schwartz et al. [16]

Athletes of different competitive levels (n = 10)

1600 m test

50.2 ± 4.3

Mazzoccante et al. [37]b

State level athletes—purple to black belt (n = 14)

1600 m test

49.0 ± 3.2

Silva et al. [38]

State level athletes—white belt (n = 14)

 

51.0 ± 3.6

 

High level athletes (n = 7)

Graded exercise test in treadmill (direct)

42.7 ± 3.2

Rezende et al. [32]

State level athletes (n = 8)

Graded exercise test in treadmill (direct)

49.8 ± 2.3

Borges et al. [33]c

Practitioners (n = 30)

Graded exercise test in treadmill (direct)

52.0 ± 6.9

Mazzocante et al. [34]

 

1600 m test

52.1 ± 5.1

 

High level athletes (n = 10)

Graded exercise test in treadmill (indirect)

49.4 ± 3.6

Vidal-Andreato et al. [1]

  1. VO2max: aerobic power
  2. Direct method: using gas analyser
  3. Indirect method: means by validated formulas
  4. a12.4 ± 1.3 km/h for the anaerobic threshold velocity
  5. b12.3 ± 1.5 km/h for the anaerobic threshold velocity
  6. c41.7 ± 2.0 ml/kg/min at anaerobic threshold