Physiological responses and external validity of a new setting for taekwondo combat simulation.

Combat simulations have served as an alternative framework to study the cardiorespiratory demands of the activity in combat sports, but this setting imposes rule-restrictions that may compromise the competitiveness of the bouts. The aim of this study was to assess the cardiorespiratory responses to...

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Main Authors: Matheus Hausen, Pedro Paulo Soares, Marcus Paulo Araújo, Flávia Porto, Emerson Franchini, Craig Alan Bridge, Jonas Gurgel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5291476?pdf=render