Research on Padel. A Systematic Review

Abstract

The objective of this study was to make a systematic review on studies that investigated on the sport of paddle. An electronic research was made using the data base Web of Science following PRISMA methodology. The keywords were: “pádel” o “paddle” o “padel”. In order to identify and select possibly chosen studies that matches the inclusion and exclusion criterio, the steps of systematic review were followed. After a total of 271 identified articles in the first search, 72 were added after the process of selection. Also 49 articles were added from the references of the other included articles. The studies were classified based on their related theme, the sample, the country and year of publishing.  The analysis of the number of publications per year showed a progressive growth in the number of studies from 2010 until now. The most investigated area is the analysis of performance, and the most analyzed sample has been that of professional male players. Lastly, a summary table of the analyzed studies is presented. Its results make possible a better and more rigorous understanding of paddle and serves as a reference to describe the structure of this sport.