Injuries to Professional and Amateur Kickboxing Contestants: A 15-Year Retrospective Cohort Study
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Abstract
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:
Descriptive epidemiology study.
CONCLUSION:
Injuries are frequent and often significant in kickboxing, and better injury surveillance is strongly recommended. The scarcity of good-quality epidemiological data in kickboxing, especially pertaining to the severity of injuries, underscores the urgent need for further research, whereupon evidence-informed sport safety and injury prevention policies can be developed.
KEYWORDS:
athletic injuries; epidemiology; head injuries; kickboxing; martial arts
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