Effects of Olympic Combat Sports on Older Adults’ Health Status: A Systematic Review

Pablo Valdés-Badilla, Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela, Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz, Eduardo Báez-San Martín, Alex Ojeda-Aravena and Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco
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Pablo Valdés-Badilla: Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3530000, Chile
Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela: Sciences of Physical Activity, Sports and Health School, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170022, Chile
Rodrigo Ramirez-Campillo: Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Universidad de Los Lagos, Santiago 8320000, Chile
Esteban Aedo-Muñoz: Sciences of Physical Activity, Sports and Health School, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago 9170022, Chile
Eduardo Báez-San Martín: Department of Sports Sciences, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile
Alex Ojeda-Aravena: Laboratory of Human Performance, Quality of Life and Wellness Research Group, Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno 5290000, Chile
Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco: Graduate Program in Health Promotion, Cesumar University (UniCesumar), Maringá 87050-900, PR, Brazil

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 14, 1-21

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.

Keywords: martial arts; physical activity; exercise; elderly; aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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