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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2014

Physical and physiological profiles of taekwondo athletes.

Craig A Bridge, Jonatas Ferreira da Silva Santos, Helmi Chaabène, Willy Pieter, Emerson Franchini

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07538037 (Effects of Low-Intensity Blood Flow Restriction Training on Lower-Limb Strength and Kicking Performance in Taekwondo Athletes), which is not on this map. Cited by 129 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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129citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
13.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07538037 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Low-Intensity Blood Flow Restriction Training on Lower-Limb Strength and Kicking Performance in Taekwondo Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorShanghai University of SportRan2026 to 2026Enrolled18ConditionsPhysical Performance, Athletic PerformanceArmsLI-BFRT, HIRT
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 357 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Effects of Strength Training on Physical Fitness of Olympic Combat Sports Athletes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  9. Physical Characteristics and Physical Fitness Profiles of Korean Taekwondo Athletes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  11. Acute caffeine supplementation in combat sports: a systematic review.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2018
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69 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Craig A BridgeSport and Exercise Research Group, Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Wilson Centre, Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, L39 4QP, UK, bridgec@edgehill.ac.uk.
Jonatas Ferreira da Silva Santos
Helmi Chaabène
Willy Pieter
Emerson Franchini
Universidade de São Paulo · BREdge Hill University · GBKeimyung University · KRManouba University · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Taekwondo has evolved into a modern-day Olympic combat sport. The physical and physiological demands of modern-day taekwondo competition require athletes to be competent in several aspects of fitness. This review critically explores the physical and physiological characteristics of taekwondo athletes and presents implications for training and research. International taekwondo athletes possess low levels of body fat and a somatotype that characterises a blend of moderate musculoskeletal tissue and relative body linearity. While there is some variation in the maximum oxygen uptake of taekwondo athletes, moderate to high levels of cardio-respiratory fitness are necessary to support the metabolic demands of fighting and to facilitate recovery between consecutive matches. Taekwondo athletes demonstrate high peak anaerobic power characteristics of the lower limbs and this attribute appears to be conducive to achieving success in international competition. The ability to generate and sustain power output using both concentric and 'stretch-shortening cycle' muscle actions of the lower limbs may be important to support the technical and tactical actions in combat. Taekwondo competitors also display moderate to high maximum dynamic strength characteristics of the lower and upper extremities, and moderate endurance properties of the trunk and hip flexor musculature. The dynamic nature of the technical and tactical actions in the sport demand high flexibility of the lower limbs. More extensive research is required into the physical and physiological characteristics of taekwondo athletes to extend existing knowledge and to permit specialised conditioning for different populations within the sport.

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Body CompositionHumansMartial ArtsMuscle, SkeletalMuscle StrengthOxygen ConsumptionPhysical EndurancePhysical FitnessSomatotypes

Identifiers

PMID24549477
OpenAlexW1964523309

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