ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine1992
Physiological profiles of Hong Kong élite soccer players.
Article in British journal of sports medicine, 1992. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Assessment of Aerobic Fitness and Repeated Sprint Ability in Elite Male Soccer: A Systematic Review of Test Protocols Used in Practice and Research.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Assessment of Strength and Power Capacities in Elite Male Soccer: A Systematic Review of Test Protocols Used in Practice and Research.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness of Soccer Players: Is Test Specificity the Issue?-A Review.Sports medicine - open · 2018Article
- Power and endurance in Hong Kong professional football players.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2016Article
- Analysis of body mass components in national club football players in republic of macedonia.Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) · 2014Article
- A comparison of the physiological profiles of elite Gaelic footballers, hurlers, and soccer players.British journal of sports medicine · 2005Article
- Physiology of soccer: an update.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2005Review
- Physiological profiles and sport specific fitness of Asian elite squash players.British journal of sports medicine · 1995Article
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Abstract
Most physiological profiles of élite soccer players originate from Western Europe and North America. Unfortunately, there is a scarcity of descriptive data on the physical characteristics of Asian soccer players. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the physiological profiles of élite soccer players in Hong Kong. It was conducted in conjunction with the selection of the Hong Kong team before the 1990 Beijing Asian Games. In all, 24 professional soccer players were selected from a pool of 180 players as subjects for the study. The following means(s.d.) were observed: height 173.4(4.6) cm; weight 67.7(5.0) kg; body fat 7.3(3.0)%; forced vital capacity (FVC) 5.1(0.6) l; maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) 59.1(4.9) ml kg-1 min-1; anaerobic threshold (AT 80.0(7.2)% of VO2max; alactic power index 13.5(2.4) W kg-1; lactic work index 298(27) J kg-1; peak isokinetic dominant knee extensor and flexor strengths 2.72(0.36) Nm kg-1 and 1.65(0.20) Nm kg-1. On average the physique of Hong Kong soccer players appeared to be smaller and lighter than those found in Europe, which may be one of the key factors that contribute to the lack of success of Hong Kong soccer teams in international competition.
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