Levels of gnostic functions in top karate athletes - a pilot study

Tapajčiková, Tatiana Levels of gnostic functions in top karate athletes - a pilot study / Tatiana Tapajčíková ... [et al.]. -- High-quality sensory perception and body scheme (somatognosis) are important aspects for sport performance. This study compares stereognosis, body scheme, and kinesthesia in a group of 36 competitive karate athletes against a control group of 32 general population participants. The stereognosis Petrie test, two body scheme tests, and three kinesthesia tests served as outcome measurement tools. No significant difference was found in the stereognosis Petrie test, for the dominant (p = .389) or the nondominant (p = .791) hand, nor in the kinesthesia test (dominant, p = .661 and nondominant, p = .051). Karate athletes performed significantly better in the body scheme tests, that is, fist width estimation (p = .024) and shoulder width estimation (p = .019), as well as in karate-specific kinesthesia tests, that is, single punch (p = .010) and triple punch (p = .001). This study confirms competitive karate athletes have significantly better somatognosis, and better accuracy when performing quick dynamic movements compared with the general population.

In Motor Control : official journal of the International Society of Motor Control. -- Champaign : Human Kinetics, 2022. -- ISSN 1087-1640. -- ISSN 1543-2696. -- Vol. 26, no. 2 (2022), pp. 258-277

1. karate 2. gnostické funkcie 3. športovci 4. vrcholoví športovci 5. články

I. Líška, Dávid, 1994-
II. Baťalík, Ladislav
III. Tucker, Clea P.
IV. Kobesová, Alena
V. Motor Control : official journal of the International Society of Motor Control. -- Vol. 26, no. 2 (2022), pp. 258-277
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