Table 4. Wingate 30 s anaerobic test of the lower and upper body – comparative data of silat exponents with athletes from taekwondo and judo. Data are mean (SD).
N Peak Power
(W·kg-1)
Mean Power
(W·kg-1)
Reference
LOWER BODY
Male
Silat, Singapore National 10 12.3 (0.8) 9.3 (0.7) Present study
Taekwondo, Czech National 11 14.7 (1.3) 11.5 (0.9) Heller et al., 1998
Taekwondo, USA Olympic na 11.8 (2.0) 9.2 (1.2) Pieter, 1991
Judo, Canada National 22 13.7 (1.1) 10.6 (0.7) Little, 1991
Judo, Poland National& 58 12.4 (0.8) 9.0 (0.8) Borkowski et al., 2001
Judo, Poland National¥ 17 12.5 (0.9) 9.1 (0.6) Borkowski et al., 2001
Judo, Korea National 10 9.0 (0.9) 7.3 (0.5) Kim et al., 1996
Female
Silat, Singapore National 5 9.7 (0.7) 6.7 (0.2) Present study
Taekwondo, Czech National 12 10.1 (1.2) 8.1 (0.8) Heller et al., 1998
Taekwondo, USA Olympic na 10.1 (2.4) 7.9 (1.2) Pieter, 1991
Judo, Poland National& 49 10.7 (0.8) 8.0 (0.6) Borkowski et al., 2001
Judo, Poland National¥ 18 10.6 (0.6) 7.8 (0.5) Borkowski et al., 2001
UPPER BODY
Male
Silat, Singapore National 10 6.2 (0.6) 4.9 (0.6) Present study
Judo, Canada Provincial 17 8.5 (0.7) 5.6 (0.5) Little, 1991
Judo, Canada National 22 11.3 (0.8) 8.7 (0.8) Thomas et al., 1989
Judo, Israel National na ~7.8 (0.3) ~5.8 (0.2) Inbaretal., 1996
Female
Silat, Singapore National 5 4.1 (0.5) 3.3 (0.4) Present study
Judo, Canada Provincial 8 5.9 (0.9) 4.0 (0.6) Little, 1991
athletes representing Poland from 1994-1997;
athletes representing Poland from 1998-1999;
na = data not available.