The Effect of Short-Term Sport-Specific Strength and Conditioning Training on Physical Fitness of Well-Trained Mixed Martial Arts Athletes.

Article reference:

Kostikiadis, Methenitis, S., Tsoukos, A., Veligekas, P., Terzis, G., & Bogdanis, G. C. (2018). The Effect of Short-Term Sport-Specific Strength and Conditioning Training on Physical Fitness of Well-Trained Mixed Martial Arts Athletes. Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, 17(3), 348-358.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090403/

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-016-0493-1

James, L. Robertson, S. Haff, G. Beckman, E. and Kelly, V. (2017a) Identifying the performance characteristics of a winning outcome in elite mixed martial arts competition. Journal of science and medicine in sport 20, 296-301. 

https://www.jsams.org/article/S1440-2440(16)30143-8/fulltext

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https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/12/5/article-p612.xml

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.13045

Haff, GG, and Triplett, NT (2016) Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning. 4th ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. 

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https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP273196

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https://europepmc.org/article/med/26907845

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28135226/

Papadopoulou, S. A., Dalatsi, V., Methenitis, S., Feidantsis, K., Pagkalos, I. and Hassapidou, M. (2017) Nutritional Routine of Tae-Kwondo athletes Prior to Competition: What is the Impact of Weight Control Practices? Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 36, 448-454.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07315724.2017.1319305?journalCode=uacn20

Using the given articles compare and contrast them using the following questions:

–  summary of the importance of the topic. (mini literature review)

– Explain the intervention you have designed, finding research to support why you have designed it this way.

            –  How long, protocol, design (is it randomized), who is conducting the intervention, etc.

– Tests to find results, which ones and why?

Examples: force plates, fitness assessments

– Results found in research, what do you think your results will be and why?

– Where should future research focus, on gaps in the literature?