Table 1.

Common methods to assessment physical capacities in combat sports athletes.

Assessment	Physical capacity assessed	Reference within combat sports	Does the assessment involve sports-specific skills	Primary outcome variable	Lower body or upper body engaged	Repeat effort	Combat sport the test can be used for
One repetition maximum testing	Strength	Franchini et al., 2007	No	Weight lifted	Upper or lower body	No	Generic
Maximal isokinetic strength assessment	Strength	Barley et al., 2018a	No	Torque generated	Upper or lower body	No	Generic
Counter-movement and squat jumps	Power	Barley et al., 2018a	No	Jump height, and force generated	Lower body	No	Generic
30-s continuous jump	Anaerobic power and capacity	Čular et al., 2018	No	Number of jumps and height of jumps	Lower body	Yes	Generic
Repeated contractions on an isokinetic dynamometer	Repeat-effort endurance	Barley et al., 2018a	No	Torque generated and number of contractions	Upper or lower body	Yes	Generic (depending on effort-relief intervals)
Wingate anaerobic assessment	Power and anaerobic capacity	Ouergui et al., 2014	No	Peak power, average power and fatigue index	Upper or lower body	No (repeated Wingate protocols can be designed)	Generic
Maximal aerobic capacity testing	Aerobic capacity and continuous effort endurance ability	Bruzas et al., 2014	Possibly (in most cases no)	Maximal oxygen consumption and workload achieved	Upper, lower or whole body	Depends on the protocol	Longer duration combat sports (i.e., multiple rounds)
Special Judo fitness test	Repeat-effort endurance and anaerobic capacity	Franchini et al., 2011	Yes	Index (calculated by heart rate and number of throws)	Whole body	Yes	Judo
Karate-specific aerobic test	Repeat-effort endurance and aerobic capacity	Chaabène et al., 2012	Yes	Time to exhaustion	Whole body	Yes	Karate
Repeat sled-push test	Repeat-effort endurance	Barley et al., 2018b	No	Average run speed, total test time and peak sprint test	Whole body	Yes	Mixed martial arts
Repeated sprint ability test	Repeat-effort endurance	James et al., 2018	No	Mean sprint time	Whole body	Yes	Mixed martial arts (effort-relief interval adjustments could make the test apply to other sports)
Taekwondo anaerobic test	Anaerobic power and capacity	Sant’Ana et al., 2014	Yes	Number of repetitions, test time and kick force	Whole body	Yes	Taekwondo
Specific jiu-jitsu anaerobic performance test	Repeat-effort endurance and anaerobic capacity	Villar et al., 2016	Yes	Number of repetitions	Whole body	Yes	Jiu-jitsu