TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Bonitch Góngora, Juan Germán
AU  - Almeida, Filipa
AU  - Padial Puche, Paulino
AU  - Bonitch-Domínguez, Juan G.
AU  - Feriche Fernández-Castanys, María Belén
PY  - 2013
SN  - 1643-8698
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31509
AB  - Background and Study Aim: Judo is a combat sport in which the maintenance of handgrip strength is essential because the judokas repeat this action continuously during the struggle for grip. While descriptions of maximal isometric handgrip strength in...
AB  - Material and Methods: Seventy-three adolescents participants from three national (elite) and one regional team (non-elite) were tested. The maximal isometric handgrip strength was recorded during a maximum test of 6 s with an electronic Digimax...
AB  - Results: The endurance test decreases the relative and mean isometric handgrip strength of male and female judokas (p≤0.01), irrespective of their competitive level. However, male and female elite judokas developed higher levels of relative isometric...
AB  - Conclusions: Maximal isometric handgrip strength and the endurance to this strength were able to distinguish between elite and non-elite young judokas. Coaches should include conditioning programs for both maximal isometric handgrip strength and the...
LA  - eng
PB  - International Scientific Literature Inc.
KW  - Handgrip force
KW  - Muscular endurance
KW  - Fatigue
KW  - Judo performance
KW  - Combat sports
TI  - Maximal isometric handgrip strength and endurance differences between elite and non-elite young judo athletes
ER  -