TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Head injuries in junior taekwondo competitions
JO  - Procedia - social and behavioral sciences
A1  - Păunescu, Cătălin
A1  - Piţigoi, Gabriel
A1  - Păunescu, Mihaela
SP  - 295
EP  - 299
VL  - 117
IS  - 
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 1877-0428
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.02.216
ID  - ref1
ER  -