Brain Punch: K-1 Fights Affect Brain Wave Activity in Professional Kickboxers.

Łukasz RydzikMarta KopańskaWojciech WąsaczIbrahim OuerguiZbigniew ObmińskiTomasz PałkaTadeusz AmbrożyNikos MalliaropoulosNicola MaffulliKabir Singh LotaJarosław Jaszczur-NowickiPaweł KrólWojciech CzarnyJacek Szczygielski

Published in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2024)

K-1 kickboxing is associated with detectable changes in brain wave activity. It is presently unclear what the long-term effects of these changes in brain wave activities are, and longitudinal studies are necessary to study the brain health of kickboxers.

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