Piepiora Paweł Adam
Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland.
Healthcare (Basel). 2025 Jan 9;13(2):118. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13020118.
To date, the health effects of karate have not been identified. Therefore, the aim of this article is to learn more about the health effects of karate training based on a review of current research. The Scopus database was searched from 2000 onwards for available articles related only to karate. The following intermediate phrases were not included: combat sport, fighting art, hand-to-hand combat, martial art, and self-defence system. The filter used was desk review analysis. Only 14 scientific articles (research papers and review papers) strictly on karate were found. The method of source material analysis and critical analysis of the source text was then used. It was shown that kumite appears to require significantly more metabolic power than kata. Furthermore, the greater skill of karatekas is associated with their greater physical fitness, and long-term karate training attenuates the decline in dynamic visual acuity (DVA). The role of modified and individualised forms of karate training is also highlighted as important for the health of practitioners. Furthermore, long-term karate practice is associated with extensive modulation of immunological parameters. Karate training can also significantly improve motor skills. It can also play an important role in the development of willpower and personality traits that contribute to the well-being of its practitioners. Furthermore, nutritional and psychological interventions combined with karate training may improve cardiometabolic parameters, oxidative stress and inflammation. Karate training may also contribute to the prevention of osteoporosis and strengthen the left ventricular myocardium. It was found that there is a paucity of contemporary research on the health effects of karate training. In addition, they are limited to the individuals studied, so that generalisations about these effects in the general population of karate practitioners cannot be made.
迄今为止，空手道对健康的影响尚未明确。因此，本文旨在通过回顾当前研究，进一步了解空手道训练对健康的影响。从2000年起在Scopus数据库中搜索仅与空手道相关的可用文章。不包括以下中间短语：格斗运动、搏击术、徒手格斗、武术和自卫系统。使用的筛选方法是文献综述分析。仅找到14篇严格关于空手道的科学文章（研究论文和综述论文）。然后采用了源材料分析和源文本批判性分析的方法。结果表明，组手似乎比型需要显著更多的代谢能量。此外，空手道练习者更高的技能水平与他们更强的身体素质相关，长期空手道训练可减缓动态视力（DVA）的下降。改良和个性化的空手道训练形式对练习者健康的重要作用也得到了强调。此外，长期练习空手道与免疫参数的广泛调节有关。空手道训练还可显著提高运动技能。它在培养有助于练习者身心健康的意志力和个性特质方面也能发挥重要作用。此外，营养和心理干预与空手道训练相结合可能改善心脏代谢参数、氧化应激和炎症。空手道训练还可能有助于预防骨质疏松症并增强左心室心肌。研究发现，关于空手道训练对健康影响的当代研究较少。此外，这些研究仅限于所研究的个体，因此无法对空手道练习者总体人群的这些影响进行概括。
