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Abstract

The aim of this systematic review was to analyse the studies centered on the effects of Olympic combat sports (OCS [i.e., boxing, fencing, judo, karate, taekwondo, wrestling]) on older adults’ physical-functional, physiological, and psychoemotional health status. The review comprised randomised-controlled trials with OCS interventions, including older adults (≥60 years), and measures of physical-functional, physiological, and/or psychoemotional health. The studies were searched through SCOPUS, PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and EBSCO databases until 5 January 2021. The PRISMA-P and TESTEX scales were used to assess the quality of the selected studies. The protocol was registered in PROSPERO (code: CRD42020204034). Twelve OCS intervention studies were found (scored ≥ 60% for methodological quality), comprising 392 females and 343 males (mean age: 69.6 years), participating in boxing, judo, karate, and taekwondo. The qualitative analysis revealed that compared to controls, OCS training improved muscle strength, cardiorespiratory capacity, agility, balance, movement, attention, memory, mental health, anxiety, and stress tolerance. Meta-analysis was available only for the chair stand test, and an improvement was noted after OCS training compared to control. In conclusion, OCS interventions improves older adults’ physical-functional, physiological, and psychoemotional health. Our systematic review confirms that OCS training has high adherence (greater than 80%) in older adults.

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Title
Effects of Olympic Combat Sports on Older Adults’ Health Status: A Systematic Review
Author
Valdés-Badilla, Pablo 1 ; Herrera-Valenzuela, Tomás 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ramirez-Campillo, Rodrigo 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Aedo-Muñoz, Esteban 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Eduardo Báez-San Martín 4 ; Ojeda-Aravena, Alex 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco 6 

 Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3530000, Chile; Carrera de Entrenador Deportivo, Escuela de Educación, Universidad Viña del Mar, Viña del Mar 2520000, Chile 
 Sciences of Physical Activity, Sports and Health School, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170022, Chile; [email protected] (T.H.-V.); [email protected] (E.A.-M.) 
 Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Universidad de Los Lagos, Santiago 8320000, Chile; [email protected]; Centro de Investigación en Fisiología del Ejercicio, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 7500000, Chile 
 Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile; [email protected] 
 Laboratory of Human Performance, Quality of Life and Wellness Research Group, Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno 5290000, Chile; [email protected]; Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), 45071 Toledo, Spain 
 Graduate Program in Health Promotion, Cesumar University (UniCesumar), Maringá 87050-900, PR, Brazil; [email protected] 
First page
7381
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2554542296
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.