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Type :thesis
Subject :GV Recreation Leisure
Main Author :Yeap, Sharon Sze Nie
Title :The effect of lower limb wearable resistance on kicking kinematics and kinetics during a martial arts front kick performance
Place of Production :Tanjong Malim
Publisher :Fakulti Sains Sukan dan Kejurulatihan
Year of Publication :2022
Corporate Name :Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
It is the main purpose of this study to investigate the kinematics and kinetics effect of wearable resistance (WR), when loaded on the lower limb body part during a martial arts front kick performance. Fifteen female martial arts athletes aged between 20 to 25 years old with body mass (BM) between 40kg to 55kg were recruited. Subjects were required to perform 3 trials for each condition : Unloaded (UL), Calf Loaded (CL) 3% BM and Calf &Thigh Loaded (CTL) 3% BM in a randomized order that made up total 9 trials. Kicking velocity, kicking force and kicking power were collected and used to assess the kinematic and kinetics of kicking executions using Kinovea 2D motion analysis software. Data was statistically analyzed to produce mechanical profiles of the front kick, and comparisons of the outputs was made. Repeated measure one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test and paired sample t-test were used. Overall the results showed no significant differences within 3 WR conditions. Besides, the results also showed no significant different when comparing between kicking velocity, kicking force and kicking power for all three WR conditions. Nevertheless all three kinematics and kinetics variables indicated using WR 3% BM CL and 3 % BM CTL condition greater than UL condition when compared from the mean. Evidently, loading 3% BM in our study improved the front kick kinematics and kinetics from the mean results but it’s still insufficient load to observe the improvement. In summary, researcher suggested that, both loaded condition more than 3% BM might be sufficient and also effective for improving the front kick performance as well as future study should included the element of impulse-momentum to ensure the result can be more applicable to the competitive combat sports.

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