BACKGROUND To determine the 2D:4D ratio in elite Indian male kabaddi players and compare them with non-athletes. OBJECTIVES Our study was undertaken to find out a possible relation between digit ratio and sporting ability of male kabaddi players. This study also gives an insight into the possible ethnic differences between Indian sports personnel and other populations. PATIENTS AND METHODS ...

Imagine a situation in which two (or more) robots are required to capture a single rogue robot. We draw inspiration from Kabaddi, a popular team sport originating in South Asia, and study a discrete version of the game as a vehicle to study this kind of multiagent pursuit evasion problems. The game of Kabaddi involves two teams occupying opposite halves of a field, each team taking turns to sen...

Kabaddi is an Indian game, which requires both power and skills for its play. It was known by various names in various places. Kabaddi is a game of two teams of twelve players each, where one team becomes a raiders and other team becomes anti-raiders. Seven players shall take the ground at the line and the remaining five shall be reserved. The raiders have to go to the opposing court with conti...

Kabaddi is a contact sport that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is the national game of Bangladesh, and Nepal and also the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab. India is the most successful team in the world stage having won every world cup and Asian Games titles so far. Kabaddi initially became famous in Punjab Region...

OBJECTIVE To determine the physical and physiological profile of kabaddi players and the physiological demands of playing a kabaddi match. METHODS Maximum aerobic capacity (VO2max), maximum ventilation (VEmax), O2 pulse, respiratory equivalent (RE), maximum heart rate, and O2 debt were assessed on 16 players. The somatotype of the players was calculated by the Health and Carter method. Heart ...

Twenty-five national kabaddi players (Asiad gold medalists 1990), mean age 27.91 years, who attended a national camp at the Sports Authority of India, Bangalore before the Beijing Asian Games in 1990, were investigated for their physical characteristics, body fat, lean body mass (LBM) and somatotype. The physiological characteristics assessed included back strength, maximum oxygen uptake capaci...

conclusions epidemiologic studies in kabaddi are the need of the hour to assess the burden of this predominantly rural sport and to implement injury prevention programs. our study emphasises the morbidity of knee injuries in kabaddi players of india and the exacting toll it takes on their careers. results the mean duration prior to presentation was 14.4 months. majority of the injuries (88.16%)...

The purpose of the study was to predict the playing ability in Kabaddi from selected Anthropometrical, Physical, physiological and psychological variables among College level Players. One hundred and twenty six male inter collegiate Kabaddi players were randomly selected from various colleges in Tamilnadu state, India and their age ranged between 18 and 28 years. The subjects had past playing e...