The study aimed to investigate the post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) of the special judo fitness test (SJFT) of youth judo athletes using upper-body (isometric push-ups), lower-body (standing broad jumps), or their combination as conditioning exercise (CE).
Fourteen females (aged 16.5 ± 0.8 yrs) and nine males (aged 17.0 ± 0.9 yrs) performed the three CEs or a control condition (i.e., judo-specific warm-up) in a randomized crossover method. The SJFT was conducted one minute after the CE or control condition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
25
Assess which intervention delivered the best acute performance enhancements.
Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto
Porto, Portugal
Special judo fitness test (SJFT)
Three sets of time-limited judo throws, assessing the number of throws
Time frame: 15 seconds for the 1st set, 30 seconds for sets #2 and #3
Heart rate
Monitoring of heart rate
Time frame: During the SJFT, immediately after the SJFT, and 1 minute after the SJFT
Rate of perceived exertion
Assess perceived exertion
Time frame: 30 minutes after each testing session
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