SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2021
Effects of Olympic Combat Sports on Health-Related Quality of Life in Middle-Aged and Older People: A Systematic Review.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of boxing interventions on physical fitness and health-related quality of life in older people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Olympic combat sports and mental health in children and adolescents with disability: a systematic review of controlled trials.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of adapted taekwondo vs. multicomponent training on health status in independent older women: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- Evidence-based interventions for promoting healthy aging: a scoping review.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- The mediating role of psychological resilience and the moderating role of professionalism in the effect of mental wellbeing on anger and aggression in Olympic combat sports athletes.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Effects of Body Weight Strength Training on Cognitive Function and Quality of Life in Healthy Older People: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of two different doses of HIFT on physical function, cognitive performance, and quality of life in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2025Article
- Comparative Effects of Adapted Taekwondo Versus Tai Chi on Health Status in Independent Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Basketball's Improvement in Bone Mineral Density Compared to Other Sports or Free Exercise Practice in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Neural mechanisms and social support for mental health in old age by martial arts exercise.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- The effects of taekwondo on depression symptoms and cognitive function: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- Olympic combat sports and mental health in children and adolescents with disability: A protocol paper for systematic review.PloS one · 2025Article
- Adapted Taekwondo Improves Postural Balance and Health-Related Quality of Life Concerning Multicomponent Training and Walking Exercise in Older Females: A Randomized Controlled Trial (TKD and Aging Project).Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Personality traits and levels of anxiety and depression among martial artists: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Association between Quality of Life, Confinement, and Sex in Adults: A Multigroup Structural Equation Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Implementation of a Budo group therapy for psychiatric in- and outpatients: a feasibility study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Hand-to-hand combat in the 21st century-INNOAGON warrior or modern gladiator?-a prospective study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of an adapted fencing intervention in breast cancer surgery post-operative care: the RIPOSTE pilot randomized trial.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Older Persons Participation in Hard Martial Arts: Opportunities to Improve Psychological Well-Being? A Scoping Review.International journal of exercise science · 2024Article
- Judo-based exercise programs to improve health outcomes in middle-aged and older adults with no judo experience: A scoping review.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2023Article
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Abstract
Olympic combat sports are unconventional physical activity strategies to train middle-aged and older people with and without health problems. This systematic review aimed to assess the available body of published peer-reviewed articles related to the effects of Olympic combat sports interventions (boxing, fencing, judo, karate, taekwondo, wrestling) on health-related quality of life in adults aged 45 and older. The search was carried out in five generic databases until July 2021 and the protocol was registered in PROSPERO (code: CRD42021244161). The PRISMA guidelines were followed and the Downs and Black checklist was used to assessed the methodological quality of the studies. After reviewing 1,151 records, only seven studies met the inclusion criteria, adding 212 participants (43.4% female) with a mean age of 63.7 years. Six studies (two with middle-aged participants and four with older people) provided data to calculate the effect size (ES) in the Olympic combat sports groups (No research that used taekwondo or wrestling as an intervention modality was found). Three studies reported beneficial changes with a small ES for the total score (
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