Table 4 Isometric handgrip strength (IHGS) of Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes (data are presented as the mean ± SD)

 High level athletes (n = 14)

53.5 ± 3.2^a

48.5 ± 5.2^b

Diaz-Lara et al. [106]

 State level athletes—brown and black belt (n = 10)

53 ± 6^a

50 ± 9^b

Andreato et al. [4]

 High level athletes (n = 26)

48.5 ± 5.6^a

50.8 ± 5.2^b

Diaz-Lara et al. [89]

 State level athletes (n = 22)

54.2 ± 6.7^c

51.4 ± 6.1

Franchini et al. [72]

 State level athletes—blue to black belt (n = 15)

48.1 ± 5.7

45.5 ± 7.9

Follmer et al. [90]

 State level athletes^d

Gasparotto et al. [107]

 White belt (n = 18)

40.1 ± 2.5^e

 Blue belt (n = 15)

46.3 ± 3.3^e

 Purple belt (n = 20)

41.4 ± 3.5^e

 Practitioners (n = 136)

103 ± 17^f

Schwartz et al. [16]

 State level athletes—blue belt (n = 12)

38.0 ± 6.3^a

32.3 ± 6.3^b

Andreato et al. [108]

 High level athletes

Diaz-Lara et al. [20]

 Novice—white to blue belt (n = 24)

43.6 ± 7.1^g

43.3 ± 6.6^g

 Expert—purple to black belt (n = 32)

48.6 ± 6. 1

49.1 ± 7.0

 High level athletes (n = 49)

47.8 ± 8.3

46.2 ± 7.6

Pietraszewska et al. [94]

 Experienced—purple to black (n = 14)

52.4 ± 11.8

50.6 ± 11.6

Silva et al. [38]

 Beginners—white belt (n = 14)

46.7 ± 6.5

47.2 ± 5.8

 State level athletes—white to brown belt (n = 35)

45.9 ± 10.3

44.2 ± 11.1

Andreato et al. [40]

 State level athletes

Costa and Oliveira [109]

 White and blue belt (n = 29)

43.6 ± 9.0

41.1 ± 7.2

 Purple to black belt (n = 17)

46.3 ± 8.9

45.1 ± 9.6

 All (n = 46)

43.8 ± 10.2

42.3 ± 9.6

 Beginner athletes—white and blue belt (n = 7)

52.5 ± 9.1

49.9 ± 7.2

Coswig et al. [21]

 Experienced athletes—more than purple belt and high level (n = 7)

57.0 ± 8.4

55.6 ± 7.6

 High level (n = 11)

43.7 ± 4.8

40.1 ± 3.8

Vidal-Andreato et al. [1]

 State level athletes—white and blue belt (n = 5)

33.6 ± 5.5^a

Neto and Dechechi, [110]

 High level athletes^d

Matuzaki et al. [69]

 White belt (n = 15)

42.3 ± 10.2^e

 Blue belt (n = 17)

49.2 ± 11.3^e

 Black belt (n = 6)

50.2 ± 5.2^e

 High level athletes—brown and black belt (n = 21)

51.2 ± 10.7

48.2 ± 10.3

Oliveira et al. [62]

 High level athletes—blue and purple belt (n = 29)

49.6 ± 8.2

46.2 ± 8.2

 All (n = 50)

50.3 ± 9.1

47.0 ± 9.0