Combat Sports tab – Combat Sports Lab

Roklicer R, Gilic B, Trivic T, Drid P (2025). Editorial: Combat sports athletes: influence of rapid weight loss on psychological and physiological responses. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1579663.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1579663/full

Damjanovic S, Rossi C, Manolopoulos N, Matijevic N, Korpak D, Kurtanovic A, Murtin V, Stanojevic M, Giustino V, Roklicer R, Bianco A, Drid P. (2025). Doping in Combat Sports: A Systematic Review. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 53(2), 103-111.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00913847.2025.2449812

Zhong Y, Tang W, Gee TI, Li M, Jiang H, Yin M, Xu K, Lakicevic N, Drid P, Kirk C, Langan-Evans C, Artioli GG, Reale R, Weldon A, Li Y. (2025). Weight Loss Practices in Chinese National and International Level Sanda Athletes. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 22(1), 2551216.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15502783.2025.2551216

Zhong Y, Lakicevic N, Drid P, Gee T, Tang W, Wen C, Zheng H, Yin M, Chen C, Zhao Z, Xu K, Kirk C, Reale R, Langan-Evans C, Artioli GG, Weldon A, Li Y. (2025). Prevalence and patterns of pre-competition weight loss practices in Chinese Amateur boxers. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching. 20(1), 281-290.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17479541241295314

Pagliaro A, Alioto A, Boatta A, Messina G, Drid P, Milazzo P, Cortis C, Fusco A, Vasto S, Proia P, Baldassano S. (2025). Genetic Profiling and Performance Optimization in Elite Combat Sport Athletes: Insights from Total Genetic Score Analysis. Genes, 16(4), 461.

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/16/4/461

Zhong Y, Lakicevic N, Drid P, Gee T, Tang W, Wen C, Zheng H, Yin M, Chen C, Zhao Z, Xu K, Kirk C, Reale R, Langan-Evans C, Artioli GG, Weldon A, Li Y. (2024). Prevalence and patterns of pre-competition weight loss practices in Chinese Amateur boxers. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching.

Maksimovic N, Cvjeticanin O, Rossi C, Manojlovic M, Roklicer R, Bianco A, Carraro A, Sekulic D, Trivic T, Drid P. (2024). Metabolic Syndrome among Former Elite Combat Sports Athletes: The Role of Rapid Weight Loss. BMC Public Health, 24, 245.

Drid P, Roklicer R, Zenic N, Modric T, Milovancev A, Maksimovic N, Bianco A, Lukic-Sarkanovic M, Trivic T. (2023). Does Rapid Weight Loss Provoke Acute Kidney Injury in Combat Athletes? Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 55(9S), 555.

Lakicevic N, Reale R, D’Antona G, Kondo E, Sagayama H, Bianco A, Drid P. (2022). Disturbing weight cutting behaviors in young combat sports athletes: a cause for concern. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9, 842262.

Lakicevic N, Matthews JJ, Artioli GG, Paoli A, Roklicer R, Trivic T, Bianco A, Drid P. (2022). Patterns of Weight Cycling in Youth Olympic Combat Sports: A Systematic Review. Journal of Eating Disorders, 10, 75.

Stamenkovic A, Manic M, Roklicer R, Trivic T, Malovic P, Drid P. (2022). Effects of martial arts participation in children: A Systematic Review. Children, 9(8), 1203.

Lakicevic N, Mani D, Paoli A, Roklicer R, Bianco B, Drid P. (2021). Weight cycling in combat sports: revisiting 25 years of scientific evidence. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 13, 154.

Lakicevic N, Paoli A, Roklicer R, Trivic T, Korovljev D, Ostojić SM, Proia P, Bianco A, Drid P. (2021). Effects of Rapid Weight Loss on Kidney Function in Combat Sport. Medicina, 57, 551.