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Authors:

I., Cappai; E., Pierantozzi; Tam, Enrico; F., Tocco; L., Angius; R., Milia; S., Squatrito; A., Concu; A., Crisafulli

Title:

Physiological responses and match analysis of muay thai fighting

Year:

2012

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

Elettronico

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN SPORT

ISSN of journal:

1474-8185

N° Volume:

12

Number or Folder:

3

Page numbers:

507-516

Keyword:

blood lactate; heart rate; human performance

Short description of contents:

This study was devised to measure certain physiological variables related to the energy requirement together with a match analysis during real Muay Thai matches. Twenty skilled male fighters were recruited and performed a laboratory incremental preliminary test to assess their maximum oxygen uptake and anaerobic threshold. They were then involved in real Muay Thai competitions. During matches heart rate (HR) and blood lactate (BLa) values were collected. Moreover, matches were filmed and analysed for subsequent determination of the techniques used. Differences between winners and losers were assessed. During matches HR was on average 178.9±0.3 bpm (i.e. close to the maximum level reached during the preliminary test), while BLa was 9.72±0.6 mmol.L-1. There was no difference in HR and BLa responses between winners and losers. Winners and losers used a similar number of techniques. However, the effectiveness of attacks was higher in winners. This investigation provides evidence that during Muay Thai the lactic anaerobic system is widely recruited and that the cardiovascular apparatus is highly stressed with no difference between winners and losers. Moreover, successful athletes use the same number of techniques as losers, although with greater effectiveness, thus indicating that the training strategy should aim at developing high technical skills.

Web page:

https://doi.org/10.1080/24748668.2012.11868615

Product ID:

101363

Handle IRIS:

11562/766366

Deposited On:

July 28, 2014

Last Modified:

November 11, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

I., Cappai; E., Pierantozzi; Tam, Enrico; F., Tocco; L., Angius; R., Milia; S., Squatrito; A., Concu; A., Crisafulli, Physiological responses and match analysis of muay thai fighting «INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN SPORT» , vol. 12 , n. 3 , 2012 , pp. 507-516

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