Table 9.

Flexibility of Brazilian jiu-jitsu athletes as measured by the sit-and-reach test (data are presented as mean ± SD)

Athlete characteristics (n)	Sit-and-reach (cm)	Reference
Male
High level athletes (n = 8)	40 ± 3a	Marinho et al. [25]
State level athletes (n = 10)	32 ± 3
Athletes—brown and black belt (n = 10)	26 ± 8	Andreato et al. [4]
Practitioners (n = 136)	27 ± 9	Schwartz et al. [16]
Athletes—adult (n = 30)	22 ± 8	Araujo et al. [81]
Athletes—master (n = 7)	26 ± 7
Athletes—senior (n = 4)	22 ± 6
Beginner athletes—white and blue belt (n = 7)	28 ± 2b	Coswig et al. [21]
Experienced athletes—more than purple belt and national level (n = 7)	35 ± 4
High level athletes (n = 11)	35 ± 8	Vidal-Andreato et al. [1]
State level athletes (n = 20)	34 ± 7
High level athletes (n = 7)	43 ± 3	Del Vecchio et al. [3]

^aSignificant difference versus non-elite group from the same study

^bSignificant difference versus experienced group from the same study