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Aerobic and anaerobic threshold determined by specific test in judo is not correlated with general test

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The purposes of this study were to compare and correlate the aerobic threshold (THaer), and anaerobic threshold (THanaer) measured during a new single judo-specific incremental test and treadmill test for aerobic demand evaluation. Eight well-trained male competitive judo players (24.3 ± 7.9 years; height of 169.3 ± 6.7 cm; the fat mass of 12.7 ± 3.9%) performed a maximal incremental specific test for judo mimicking the Uchi-komi drills and on the treadmill in different days. There was a difference between specific and general THaer (P = 0.0006) as well as a weak correlation for THaer (r = 0.32; R2 = 0.1; P = 0.2) and THanaer (r = − 0.31; R2 = 0.1; P = 0.12). When correlation was applied to normalized data (percentage of peak load), we observed moderate correlation for THaer (r = 0.76; R2 = 0.58; P = 0.027), but the same result was not observed for THanaer. We conclude that there is a need for THaer and THanaer evaluation through a specific test for Judo.

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The authors would like to thank the participants in this investigation who made this work possible and the English revision made by Carmen Andrea Perez.

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  1. Human Movement Science Department, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Paulo Azevedo

  2. Physical Education Department, Hermínio Ometto University, Araras, São Paulo, Brazil

    João Carlos Oliveira

  3. Physical Education Department, UNESP, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

    Alessandro Zagatto

  4. Group of Studies and Research in Exercise Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Paulo Azevedo & Paulo Eduardo Pereira

  5. Physiological Science Department, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Sergio Eduardo Andrade Perez

  6. Human Movement Science and Rehabilitation, Federal University of São Paulo, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Paulo Azevedo & Paulo Eduardo Pereira

  7. College of Health Sciences, University Center Hermínio Ometto de Araras, Araras, São Paulo, Brazil

    João Carlos Oliveira

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PA wrote and made the statistical approach; JCO, AZ and SEAP conceived, designed the experiments and collected the data; PEP reviewed and made the intellectual contribution.

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Azevedo, P., Oliveira, J.C., Zagatto, A. et al. Aerobic and anaerobic threshold determined by specific test in judo is not correlated with general test. Sport Sci Health 14, 531–535 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-018-0454-1

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