The effects of taekwondo practice on physical and cognitive variables in children and adolescents: a systematic review

Taekwondo can develop social responses, beliefs, values, attitudes, and cognitive experiences due to its characteristics the diversity of frequency, intensity, time, type application. This facilitate achievement results related physical health cognition in individuals formation phases. Thus, this study aimed analyze effects taekwondo practice on variables children adolescents. systematic review followed PRISMA recommendations was registered PROSPERO (CRD42021293609). The search performed MEDLINE (via PubMed), Scopus, SPORTDiscus, Web Science databases. terms were theme taekwondo, school, students with keywords grouped a single Boolean phrase: “taekwondo AND school” OR students”. Studies that analyzed health-related adolescents both sexes included. risk bias experimental quasi-experimental studies using Cochrane Collaboration tool Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized - Interventions (ROBINS-I) tool, respectively. After selection criteria, 8 Study interventions consisted minimum weeks maximum 72 weeks. There total 402 participants aged between 6 16 years, which 75% male. protocols demonstrated improvement performance, strength, flexibility, balance after intervention. We concluded able bring positive responses performance