| Nogueira et al.14
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Young physically active schoolchildren from two schools in Australia |
85/M+F/12.3±0.6 years (control group)155/M+F/12.2±1.0 years (INTERVENTION group) |
Capoeira program at school during 9 months, 3 times a week with 10 min each session (movements with upper and lower limbs emphasizing high speed and associated with jumping with medium and high impact) |
Comparison with the control school in a school physical education routine paired with the school in the intervention group |
Control group Waist circumference: ∆=5.9% CBU: ∆=1.4%Intervention group Waist circumference: ∆=2.4% CBU: ∆=4.1%p<0.05 between groups |
| Guimarães Almeida et al.15
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Capoeira players of various nationalities, being athletes at international level |
15/M/32.8±7.2 years (light category)25/M/34.3±5.3 years (medium category)10/M/36.1±4.8 years (heavy category) |
Exposure to capoeira practice:Light category: 20.7±6.2 yearsMedium category: 21.3±4.6 yearsHeavy category: 24.3±6.3 years |
Assessment and/or comparison between weight categories |
Somatotype: MESOMORFY predominance in all categories Body fat light category: 9.8±3.4% Body fat medium category: 11.9±3.6% Body fat heavy category: 12.5±5.9% p>0.05 for categories in the body fat |
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Hypothesis: Capoeira protects against increased adiposity, improves bone mass, and promotes body composition with muscle predominance in humans. |
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Functional capacity
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| Vale et al.16
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Previously sedentary Brazilian elderly |
10/F/67.3±6.6 years (control group)13/F/69.3±6.4 years (Intervention group) |
Capoeira program in a care center for the elderly, during 12 weeks, twice a week with 60 min each session (moderate intensity in the program: 13.3±0.9 a.u. in RPE 6-20) |
Comparison with paired control group in anthropometric and cardiovascular characteristics and pre-training functional capacity (p>0.05) |
Control group GFI: ∆ 4 weeks= −6.2% GFI: ∆ 8 weeks= −5.2% GFI: ∆ 12 weeks= −7.6%Intervention group GFI: ∆ 4 weeks=17.6% GFI: ∆ 8 weeks=28.0% GFI: ∆ 12 weeks=29.7%p<0.001 between groups |
| Moreira et al.17
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Previously sedentary Brazilian adults |
08/M+F/27.1±10.5 years (control group)13/M+F/26.1±7.2 years (intervention group) |
Capoeira program in a training center, during 8 weeks, twice a week with 60 minutes each session (moderate intensity) |
Comparison with paired control group in anthropometric characteristics and pre-training flexibility (p>0.05) |
Control group PThf: ∆ 8 weeks=5.7% MRhf: ∆ 8 weeks=-5.3%Intervention group PThf: ∆ 8 weeks=46.2% MRhf: ∆ 8 weeks=22.4%p≤0.01 between groups |
| Guimarães Almeida et al.15
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Capoeira players of various nationalities, being athletes at international level |
15/M/32.8±7.2 years (light category)25/M/34.3±5.3 years (medium category)10/M/36.1±4.8 years (heavy category) |
Exposure to capoeira practice:Light category: 20.7±6.2 yearsMedium category: 21.3±4.6 yearsHeavy category: 24.3±6.3 years |
Assessment and/or comparison between weight categories |
Tests – Upper limb strength/abdominal endurance/flexibility: All tests with excellent rating according to normative parametersp>0.05 between weight categories in functional capacity tests |
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Hypothesis: Capoeira promotes general functionality and angular flexibility and maintains human with satisfactory levels of motor performance. |
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Metabolism
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| Conceição and Moreira18
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Previously sedentary Brazilian elderly |
7/M+F/82.4±13.6 years (control group)7/M+F/79.4±6.9 years (intervention group) |
Capoeira program in a long-stay institution for the elderly, during 12 weeks, twice a week with 60 min each session (light to moderate intensity) |
Comparison with a control group paired for age and anthropometry. Total energy intake, as well as for each macronutrient, did not differ within or between groups during the intervention (p>0.05) |
Control group Plasma triglycerides: ∆ 12 weeks= −18%Intervention group Plasma triglycerides: ∆ 12 weeks= −37%p<0.01 between groups |
| Moreira et al.19
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Brazilian capoeira players at recreational level with 10.7±5.8 years of practice in the modality |
11/M/33.0±7.3 years |
Acute sessions with 90 s of capoeira game, on different days and at three randomized intensities:1. Angola (67±12% of maximum HR)2. Benguela (82±6% of maximum HR)3. São Bento (95±3% of maximum HR) |
Acute comparison of the lowest value for blood glucose concentration and the highest value for blood lactate concentration in the recovery period of capoeira sessions |
Angola session* Blood glucose: ∆= −15.4% Blood lactate: ∆=5.7 mM Benguela session*† Blood glucose: ∆=−6.8% Blood lactate: ∆=8.3 mM São Bento session† Blood glucose: ∆=11.5% Blood lactate: ∆=14.6 mM*p<0.05 for São Bento in glucose†p<0.05 for others in blood lactate |
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Hypothesis: Capoeira at light and moderate intensities chronically reduces triglycerides and acutely reduces blood glucose. In addition, with a greater intensity of practice in capoeira, greater activation of anaerobic glycolysis occurred, which could be chronically reflected in better indices of anaerobic fitness in humans. |
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Cardiovascular system
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| Nogueira et al.14
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Young physically active schoolchildren from two schools in Australia |
85/M+F/12.3±0.6 years (control group)155/M+F/12.2±1.0 years (intervention group) |
Capoeira program at school for 9 months, 3 times a week with 10 min each session (movements with upper and lower limbs emphasizing high speed and associated with jumping with medium and high impact) |
Comparison with the control school in a school physical education routine paired with the school in the intervention group |
Control group VO2max: ∆=0.0%Intervention group VO2max: ∆=7.1%p<0.05 between groups |
| Moreira et al.20
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Previously sedentary Brazilian adults |
08/M+F/29.6±3.3 years (control group)10/M+F/25.4±3.3 years (intervention group) |
Capoeira program in a training center, during 10 weeks, once a week with 90 min each session (moderate intensity) |
Comparison with paired control group in pre-training anthropometric and cardiovascular characteristics (p>0.05) |
Control group HR: ∆ 10 weeks=−0.7% RPP: ∆ 10 weeks=−2.3% RRi: ∆ 10 weeks=0.9% rMSSD: ∆ 10 weeks=2.9% SD1: ∆ 10 weeks=6.5% pNN50: ∆ 10 weeks=0.3%Intervention group HR: ∆ 10 weeks=−8.6% RPP: ∆ 10 weeks=−12.2% RRi: ∆ 10 weeks=10.1% rMSSD: ∆ 10 weeks=37.8% SD1: ∆ 10 weeks=37.7% pNN50: ∆ 10 weeks=96.2%p<0.05 between groups, except to RPP variable which was p=0.06 |
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Hypothesis: Capoeira promotes improvement in parameters of the cardiovascular system and increases aerobic fitness (maximum oxygen consumption) in humans. |
Capoeira: hypothesis on health rehabilitation and quality-of-life maintenance