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. B.....

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