Table 4 Study characteristics investigating mechanical demand of kettlebell exercise
From: Kettlebell training in clinical practice: a scoping review
Author | Participants | Measures | Exercise | Hardstyle / Sport / other | Load (kg) | Control / comparator | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Age (yrs) | Weight (kg) | Gender | Active | Kettlebell proficient / novice | ||||||
Lake et al. (2012a) [76] | 16 | 24 ± 2 | 90.2 ± 14.4 | M | Y | novice | impulse, peak and mean force and power to centre of mass, kettlebell displacement, peak and mean velocity | 2H swing | hardstyle | 16 - 32 kg | 16, 24, 32 kg |
Lake et al. (2014) [77] | 22 | 28–41 | 75.2 ± 14.6 | M | Y | proficient | impulse, mean force, displacement, magnitude, rate of work, phase durations and impulse ratio | 2H swing | hardstyle | 24 kg | snatch |
Mache et al. (2016)a [78] | 25 | 22 ± 6 (F) 23 ± 2 (M) | 66.4 ± 9.2 (F) 78.3 ± 8.5 (M) | M / F | Y | novice | peak, average and time to peak rate of force development | 2H swing | other | ≈20% BW | vertical jump |
McGill et al. (2012) [79] | 7 | 25.6 ± 3.4 | 82.8 ± 12.1 | M | Y | proficient | peak and average muscle excitation, lumbar compression and shear force | 1H swing | hardstyle | 16 kg | swing with kime, snatch, bottom-up + racked carry |
Mitchell et al. (2016)a [80] | 2 | early 20’s | 53 & 75 | F | Y | proficient | position and orientation, joints and centres of mass of arm segments. Velocity and acceleration, forces and moments of the upper limb | OH swing | other | 8 - 16 kg | 8, 12, 16 kg |
Ross et al. (2017) [5] | 12 | 34.9 ± 6.6 | 87.7 ± 11.6 | M | Y | proficient | ground reaction forces, velocity and temporal measures of resultant kettlebell force | snatch | Sport | 24 kg | none |