The effects of five weeks of kickboxing training on physical fitness

Ouergui I., Hssin N., Haddad M., Padulo J., Franchini E., Gmada N., Bouhlel E.
Original Article, 106 - 113
doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.106
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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. Musclepower (upper-body: bench-press-test, medicineball-test; lower-body: squat-jump and countermovement-jump-test), flexibility, speed and agility, aerobic (progressive maximal exercise test), anaerobic fitness (Wingate test) and body composition were assessed before and after the training period.
Results: the kickboxing group showed significant improvement (p < 0.05) in upper-body muscle power, aerobic power, anaerobic fitness, flexibility, speed and agility after training whereas body composition, squat jump and counter movement jump (height, power and velocity components) did not change for both groups.
Conclusion: kickboxing-practice was effective to change many physical variables. Thus, this activity can be useful for enhancing physical fitness, but complementary activities and/or nutritional interventions
should be necessary.
Keywords: aerobic fitness, body composition, combat sport, muscles performance.,

Table of Content: Vol. 4 (No. 2) 2014 April/June

  1. Interception of moving objects in karate: an experimental, marker-free benchmark

    Romano G., Viggiano D.
    Original Article, 101 - 105
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.101
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  2. The effects of five weeks of kickboxing training on physical fitness

    Ouergui I., Hssin N., Haddad M., Padulo J., Franchini E., Gmada N., Bouhlel E.
    Original Article, 106 - 113
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.106
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  3. Motor and cognitive development: the role of karate

    Alesi M., Bianco A., Padulo J., Vella F.P., Petrucci M., Paoli A., Palma A., Pepi A.
    Original Article, 114 - 120
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.114
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  4. The construct validity of session RPE during an intensive camp in young male Karate athletes

    Padulo J., Chaabène H., Tabben M., Haddad M., Gevat C., Vando S., Maurino L., Chaouachi A., Chamari K.
    Original Article, 121 - 128
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.121
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  5. Relationship between attack and pause in world taekwondo championship contests: effects of gender and weight category

    Gustavo Ferreira Santos V., Pires F.O., Bertuzzi R., Franchini E., da Silva-Cavalcante M.D., Peduti Dal Molin Kiss M.A., Lima-Silva A.E.
    Original Article, 127 - 131
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.127
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  6. Maximal lactate steady state in Judo

    de Azevedo P.H.S.M., Pithon-Curi T., Zagatto A.M., Oliveira J., Perez S.
    Original Article, 132 - 136
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.132
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  7. Muscular strength profile in Tunisian male national judo team

    Ghrairi M., Hammouda O., Malliaropoulos N.
    Original Article, 149 - 153
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.149
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  8. Meniscal sutures with outside-in technique: our experience with a less expensive method

    Calderazzi F., Violi C., Paraskevopoulos A., Schiavi P., Ceccarelli F.
    Letter to the Editor, 163 - 164
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.163
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  9. Quadriceps tendon tear rupture in healthy patients treated with patellar drilling holes: clinical and ultrasonographic analysis after 36 months of follow-up

    Verdano M.A., Zanelli M., Aliani D., Corsini T., Pellegrini A., Ceccarelli F.
    Original Article, 194 - 200
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.194
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  10. Tendon-to-bone healing using autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in ACL reconstruction without a tibial bone tunnel -A histological study-

    Kanazawa T., Soejima T., Noguchi K., Tabuchi K., Noyama M., Nakamura K., Shiba N
    Original Article, 201 - 206
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.201
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  11. Robotics in shoulder rehabilitation

    Sicuri C., Porcellini G., Merolla G
    Review Article, 207 - 213
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.207
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  12. High volume image-guided Injections for patellar tendinopathy: a combined retrospective and prospective case series

    Morton S., Chan O., King J., Perry D., Crisp T., Maffulli N., Morrisey D.
    Original Article, 214 - 219
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.214
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  13. The Achilles tendon: fundamental properties and mechanisms governing healing

    Freedman B.R., Gordon J.A., Soslowsky L.J.
    Review Article, 245 - 255
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.245
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  14. Six-months pain relief and funcional recovery after intra-articular injections with hyaluronic acid (mw 500-730 kda) in trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis

    Frizziero A., Maffulli N., Masiero S., Frizziero L.
    Original Article, 256 - 261
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.256
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  15. Pseudoaneurysm of peroneal artery after ankle arthroscopy

    Battisti D., Oliva F., Tarantino U., Maffulli N.
    Original Article, 269 - 272
    doi: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.2.269
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