Incidence of concussions in male mixed martial arts competition in relation to number of matches and previous knockout losses

• Main Authors: Shinnosuke Hada (Author), Sungdo Kim (Author), Kei Kawaguchi (Author), Kazuo Kaneko (Author), Muneaki Ishijima (Author), Yoshimasa Tomita (Author), Kazuo Isayama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport with a high incidence of concussions, including knockouts (KO) due to direct attacks to the head. Once a concussion occurs in a fighter, the rate of concussion recurrence increases. Therefore, participation in matches may be weakened to head impacts as figh...