The official reports on doping behavior in kickboxing are alarming, but there have been no empirical studies that examined this problem directly. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence, gender differences and covariates of potential-doping-behavior, in kickboxing athletes. A total of 130 high-level kickboxing athletes (92 males, 21.37 ± 4.83 years of age, 8.39 ± 5.73 years of t...

BACKGROUND Kickboxing is a group of full-contact combat sports that allows both kicking and punching from a standing position. Despite its popularity, there is a scarcity of published data elucidating the injury epidemiology in kickboxing. PURPOSE To determine the injury incidence, describe the injury pattern, and identify potential risk factors for injury in kickboxing. STUDY DESIGN Descri...

Kickboxing is one of the modern combat sports. The psychophysiological demands of a kickboxing competition require athletes to achieve high thresholds of several aspects of physical fitness. The aim of the current review is to critically analyse and appraise the kickboxer's anthropometric, physiological, physical and psychological attributes with the activity profile and injury epidemiology in ...

AIM the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of kickboxing training on physical fitness. METHODS 30 subjects were randomized into a kickboxing-group (n=15) and control group (n=15). Each group trained approximately 1-hour per day, three-times per a week during five weeks. Muscle-power (upper-body: bench-press-test, medicine-ball-test; lower-body: squat-jump and counter-movement-jum...

BACKGROUND Muay Thai is a style of kickboxing that allows full-contact blows to an unprotected head, torso and legs, and, as in any combat sport, there is an inherent risk of injury. Previous observational studies have shown there is a substantial risk of injury in competitive kickboxing. None of these studies, however, have investigated the potential role of psychological risk factors and, con...

Background & objectives: Recently, fitness (bodyweight workout), kickboxing and TRX training have become very popular. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of a period of fitness-kickboxing and fitness-TRX training on some anthropometric indices and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight women. Methods: Forty overweight women were randomly divided into three groups. The ...

Background: Correct movement techniques are crucial for enhancing athletic performance and minimizing the risk of injury. This is particularly true kickboxing, in which a variety forms locomotion employed. Despite its importance, gait analysis this sport under-researched. The primary objective study to understand patterns limb symmetry between dominant non-dominant legs among professional kickb...

Kickboxing is a full contact combat sport in which punches, kicks, elbow and knee strikes are allowed. A typical kickboxing tournament has up to eight fights (bouts) on the same day; therefore the ability of an athlete to recover quickly between bouts is very important. Acupuncture might be a safe and substance free way to support kickboxers’ performance, as acupuncture on S34 has been shown to...

Background and Study Aim. Combat sports are among the most popular nowadays. Scientific support of combat is one urgent tasks modern science. The purpose this article an analytical analysis studies devoted to kickboxing. Material methods. bibliometric database Web Science Core Collection (WoS) analyzed. 194 articles that met search criteria were selected for primary analysis. We used methods pr...