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Fundamental Biomechanical Principles

ment OR torque OR impulse OR ‘centre of mass’) AND (injur* OR ‘injury
prevention’ OR load* OR mechanism*).

Selection and Synthesis
Priority was given to sources that:
1. describe fundamental biomechanical principles applicable to sport
movement,
2. report injury mechanisms or high-load situations characteristic of
combat sports, and
3. provide applied insights relevant to training design and technique
instruction.
Authoritative biomechanics textbooks were used primarily to sup-
port definitions and explanations of fundamental principles, where-
as peer-reviewed studies and review articles were used to characterise
sport-specific loading patterns and injury-related contexts. Evidence
was synthesised qualitatively to connect mechanical demands with like-
ly anatomical stressors and to derive practical implications for injury
prevention.
Scope and Limitations
As a conceptual synthesis, this contribution does not aim to provide an
exhaustive systematic review of all biomechanical studies in combat
sports. Rather, it focuses on representative concepts and evidence of-
fering the greatest practical utility for understanding sport-specific loads
and informing injury-prevention strategies.

Results and Discussion
Fundamentals of Biomechanics in Sport and Combat Sports
Biomechanics is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of
forces, motion, and the body’s responses to mechanical loading. In sport,
biomechanics enables a deeper understanding of how the body gener-
ates and transmits forces, how movement influences performance effi-
ciency (Bartlett, 2014), and how incorrect movement patterns may in-
crease the risk of injury (Cook, 2010). A specialised area within this field
is sports biomechanics and injury prevention, which focuses on the anal-
ysis of movement with the aim of enhancing sports performance while
enabling the timely identification and correction of movement patterns
that may contribute to injury risk (Penichet-Tomas, 2024). Consequently,
biomechanics plays an important role in the design of training method-

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