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ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2012

Recovery in soccer: part I - post-match fatigue and time course of recovery.

Mathieu Nédélec, Alan McCall, Chris Carling, Franck Legall, Serge Berthoin, Gregory Dupont

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Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03593733 (Comparison Between Photobiomodulation Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 171 papers, 22 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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171citing papers in PubMed, 22 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03593733 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Comparison Between Photobiomodulation Therapy (PBMT) and a Cold-Water Immersion (CWI) in Recovery Soccer Player: Analysis of Biochemical Markers of Recovery and Muscular Oxidative Stress.

TypeinterventionalSponsorLUCIANA MARIA MALOSA SAMPAIORan2017 to 2019Enrolled18ConditionsSoccer, Fatigue, Oxidative Stress, RecoveryArmsPhotobiomodulation Therapy, Cold Water Immersion
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

171 citing papers in PubMed, 22 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Comparative effectiveness of training interventions on VOBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026
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  6. Metabolomics analyses and physical interventions in soccer: a systematic review.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2024
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111 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mathieu NédélecUniversit Lille Nord de France, Lille, France.
Alan McCall
Chris Carling
Franck Legall
Serge Berthoin
Gregory Dupont

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In elite soccer, players are frequently required to play consecutive matches interspersed by 3 days and complete physical performance recovery may not be achieved. Incomplete recovery might result in underperformance and injury. During congested schedules, recovery strategies are therefore required to alleviate post-match fatigue, regain performance faster and reduce the risk of injury. This article is Part I of a subsequent companion review and deals with post-match fatigue mechanisms and recovery kinetics of physical performance (sprints, jumps, maximal strength and technical skills), cognitive, subjective and biochemical markers. The companion review will analyse recovery strategies used in contemporary professional soccer. Soccer involves many physically demanding activities including sprinting, changes in running speed, changes of direction, jumps and tackles, as well as technical actions such as dribbling, shooting and passing. These activities lead to a post-match fatigue that is linked to a combination of dehydration, glycogen depletion, muscle damage and mental fatigue. The magnitude of soccer match-induced fatigue, extrinsic factors (i.e. match result, quality of the opponent, match location, playing surface) and/or intrinsic factors (i.e. training status, age, gender, muscle fibre typology), potentially influence the time course of recovery. Recovery in soccer is a complex issue, reinforcing the need for future research to estimate the quantitative importance of fatigue mechanisms and identify influencing factors. Efficient and individualized recovery strategies may consequently be proposed.

Indexed as

BiomarkersHumansMental FatigueMuscle FatiguePhysical FitnessRecovery of FunctionSoccerTime FactorsBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID23046224

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