3. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORTS FOR ALL AND WELLNESS, Antalya, Türkiye, 10 - 14 Haziran 2020, ss.141-155
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of dynamic exercises
designed according to the six-week tabata protocol on balance and force
parameters in elite-level combat athletes. The study was conducted with voluntary
participation of a total of 25 elite combat athletes who were selected via random
method as 12 in the experimental group (5 wrestling, 2 judo, 2 karate, 3
taekwondo) and 13 in the control group (4 wrestling, 2 judo, 4 karate, 3
taekwondo), using a pretest-posttest design research method with a control group.
The pretest-posttest stages of the study used a balance device branded Biodex
Balance SD (Biodex Inc., Shirley, NY) in order to determine balance performance
of the sporters. Strenght performance of the athletes was determined by using a
back-leg dynamometer and a hand grasp dynamometer and by measuring the back,
leg and hand grasp forces. At the end of the study, the SPSS 25.0 statistics program
was used for statistical analysis of the data and the significance level was accepted
to be p<0,05. In the pretest-posttest stages of the study, the differences between
balance and strenght performance levels of the athletes were analyzed via
intragroup (Wilcoxon) and intergroup (Mann- Whitney U) comparison tests. At
the end of the study, it was determined that there were statistically significant
differences between the pretest-posttest body weights and eyes open-shut dynamic
balance levels of the experimental group sporters (p<0,05). However, there were
no significant differences between the measurement results of the control group
athletes (p>0,05). A high-intensity interval training technique; tabata protocol is
effective on aerobic-anaerobic energy systems. A motion that is specified
throughout practice, is repeated intensely, rhythmically and continuously. As a
consequence; tabata protocol may support dynamic balance development with the
help of dynamic-based exercises it contains.