Performance Outcome Measures in Padel: A Scoping Review

Alejandro García-Giménez, Francisco Pradas de la Fuente, Carlos Castellar Otín and Luis Carrasco Páez
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Alejandro García-Giménez: ENFYRED Research Group, Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 22001 Huesca, Spain
Francisco Pradas de la Fuente: ENFYRED Research Group, Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 22001 Huesca, Spain
Carlos Castellar Otín: ENFYRED Research Group, Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 22001 Huesca, Spain
Luis Carrasco Páez: Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Seville, 41013 Seville, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: Padel is a modern doubles racket sport which has become popular around the world in the last decades. There has been an increase in the quantity of scientific research about this sport in the last years. Therefore, the main objective of this scoping review is to provide an updated contextualization of research regarding padel. PRISMA ScR was used in order to search for articles fulfilling the inclusion criteria in five fields of interest: the anthropometric profile, physiology and physical performance, biomechanics, the epidemiology of injuries, and match analyses Seventy-seven records were included in the study. Padel is an emerging sport both in sport and research terms. This scoping review provides coaches and researchers with all the knowledge available in the five fields of interest. Furthermore, this study enables them to make a map of the current state of the research about padel, and it opens up doors to future investigations.

Keywords: padel; anthropometry; physiology; physical performance; biomechanic; injury; match analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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