Characterization of the Somatotype in Taekwondo: Systematic Review

Cristian Pena-Sanchez; Melba Mieles-Ramirez; Brayan Patino-Palma

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Characterization of the Somatotype in Taekwondo: Systematic Review

Cristian Pena-Sanchez, Melba Mieles-Ramirez, Brayan Patino-Palma

Published in Clinical Medicine Research (Volume 11, Issue 2)

Received: 5 January 2022 Accepted: 20 January 2022 Published: 18 March 2022

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The Taekwondo, as in other sports, athletes who have certain physical characteristics have an advantage over their opponents, in this sense, success in the practice of taekwondo requires certain types of physical, physiological, psychological and social capacities, so those athletes whose characteristics anthropometric are favorable to them, they may be benefited over others. This is why we set ourselves the objective of reviewing the information regarding the somatotype presented by athletes who practice taekwondo. A Systematic Review of the databases "PubMed", "SportDiscus", "Scopus", “ScienceDirect", “ProQuest", “Dialnet” and “SciELO" was carried out using in the search criteria Boolean operators and keywords of the following way: ("taekwondo" OR "karate" OR "martial arts" OR "judo" OR "mixed martial arts") AND ("somatotype" OR "body composition" OR "anthropometry"). A total of 15 works were obtained to carry out the analysis, the total sample of these studies adds up to 826 athletes, with a mean age of 20.4 ± 1.76 years. Varied results were found, depending on the competitive level, the country and the weight category, but there was a certain trend towards outstanding values of the mesomorphic component and of the ectomorphy in men, in contrast, for the female sex, although fewer studies were found to analyze, a trend towards a central somatotypic classification was evidenced. The study of body composition and somatotype is just one of the many factors to take into account when carrying out the analysis of an athlete or a group of athletes, however, this may be the starting point to be able to identify potential talents in this sport.

Published in	Clinical Medicine Research (Volume 11, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.cmr.20221102.11
Page(s)	13-19
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Anthropometry, Body Composition, Martial Arts

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Cristian Pena-Sanchez

Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University Foundation of Area Andina, Valledupar, Colombia
Melba Mieles-Ramirez

Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, University Foundation of Area Andina, Valledupar, Colombia
Brayan Patino-Palma

Health Sciences Faculty, University of Boyacá, Tunja, Colombia

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