@article{ref1,
title="Head injuries in junior taekwondo competitions",
journal="Procedia - social and behavioral sciences",
year="2014",
author="Păunescu, Cătălin and Piţigoi, Gabriel and Păunescu, Mihaela",
volume="117",
number="",
pages="295-299",
abstract="This paper relies on a systematic analysis of the studies about the injuries occurred during Taekwondo competitions, published in several electronic databases such as: Pubmed, Google Scholar, Proquest, but also a constative and interpretative study based on video analysis. Within this research, we analyzed 732 matches, among which 413 (56%) represented men's events and 319 (44%) women's events performed during the 2012 World Junior Championship held in Egypt. <br><br>RESULTS revealed that out of the total number of matches, only 7 ended with a KO (2 in women's contests and 5 in men's contests). We consider that the reduced number of KOs (head injuries) is due to the refereeing system, powerful kicks not being necessary in order to win points.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1877-0428",
doi="10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.216",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.216"
}