“…The search yielded 24 observational studies: 12 of male (Gladden & Colacino, 1978; Viitasalo, 1982; Lee et al, 1989; Smith et al, 1992; Stockbrugger & Haennel, 2003; Kollias et al, 2004; Forthomme et al, 2005; Hertogh et al, 2005; de Ruiter et al, 2007; Laffaye et al, 2007; Sheppard et al, 2007a, b, 2008), 10 of female (Gladden & Colacino, 1978; Spence et al, 1980; Fleck et al, 1985; Marey et al, 1991; Hakkinen, 1993; Ferris et al, 1995; Barnes et al, 2007; Nesser & Demchak, 2007; Stech & Smulsky, 2007; Amasay, 2008), and two of male and female (Coutts, 1982; Lawson et al, 2006) players. In addition, eight experimental studies were found: four of male (Newton et al, 1999; Maffiuletti et al, 2002; Saez Saez de Villarreal et al, 2007; Pereira et al, 2008) and four of female (Smith et al, 1987; Fry et al, 1991; Newton et al, 2006; Marques et al, 2008) players. A summary of the observational and experimental studies of female and male players is presented in Tables 1 and 2, respectively.…”