Body weight reduction in combat sports

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F13%3A10194183" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/13:10194183 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.archbudo.com/abstracted.php?level=5&ICID=1079150" target="_blank" >http://www.archbudo.com/abstracted.php?level=5&ICID=1079150</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Body weight reduction in combat sports

Original language description

Background and Study Aim: Competitions in combat sports are based on direct fight of competing parties. Weight limits in individual weight categories, are formal conditions for admitting to compete. Therefore, competitors are obliged to adapt their bodyweight to a particular weight category in a given time. The aim of this study was to knowledge about methods, including the length and other details of weight loss in combat sports with weight categories. Material and Methods: The study included 53 experienced athletes (37 men and 16 women) competing in judo, wrestling Greco-Roman and freestyle, kickboxing, karate, box, thai box and taekwondo. The athletes practiced combat sports in average 14.9 +- 4.4 years. Participants responded to a battery of questions (created by an experts), which was focused on personal information (e.g. age, sex, combat sport, length of sport practice, weight category and successes), reduction process (number of reductions per year, weight monitoring, using sup

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AK - Sport and leisure time activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GPP407%2F11%2FP784" target="_blank" >GPP407/11/P784: Isokinetic muscular strength and muscle imbalances as the determinant of physical fitness, which can influence the quality of life among youth people</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archives of Budo

ISSN

1643-8698

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

267-272

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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