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. 2022 Apr 6;19(7):4395.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074395.

Performance Outcome Measures in Padel: A Scoping Review

Alejandro García-Giménez  1 , Francisco Pradas de la Fuente  1 , Carlos Castellar Otín  1 , Luis Carrasco Páez  2
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Performance Outcome Measures in Padel: A Scoping Review

Alejandro García-Giménez et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Padel is a modern doubles racket sport which has become popular around the world in the last decades. There has been an increase in the quantity of scientific research about this sport in the last years. Therefore, the main objective of this scoping review is to provide an updated contextualization of research regarding padel. PRISMA ScR was used in order to search for articles fulfilling the inclusion criteria in five fields of interest: the anthropometric profile, physiology and physical performance, biomechanics, the epidemiology of injuries, and match analyses Seventy-seven records were included in the study. Padel is an emerging sport both in sport and research terms. This scoping review provides coaches and researchers with all the knowledge available in the five fields of interest. Furthermore, this study enables them to make a map of the current state of the research about padel, and it opens up doors to future investigations.

Keywords: anthropometry; biomechanic; injury; match analysis; padel; physical performance; physiology.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Articles containing the terms “padel” or “paddle tennis” in their title and/or abstract referring to the sport published in the databases PubMed, SPORTDiscus, and Scopus in the last 10 years (self-made figure).
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Workflow adapted from the PRISMA statement [27] showing the method to identify and select full-text articles for eligibility.
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