SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2021
Detrimental Effects of the Off-Season in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Short- and Long-Term Detraining on Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2022Pooled it
- Acute Effects of Training Loads on Muscle Damage Markers and Performance in Semi-elite and Elite Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Supervised Offseason Training Programs are able to mitigate the Effects of Detraining in Youth Men Soccer Players Physical Fitness: A Randomized Parallel Controlled Study.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
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- Short-Term Detraining Alters Body Composition and Lipid Profile but Not Performance in Recreational University Swimmers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Short-term detraining in semi-professional male football players: impact of a 5-day mid-season break on performance - an observational study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Fitness Adaptations to a Combined Strength and Aerobic Training Program During the Transition Period in Young Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Changes in physical fitness and body composition of athletes after the COVID-19 lockdown: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression, with assessment of the certainty of evidence.Biology of sport · 2026Review
- Effects of a 4-Week Off-Season High-Intensity Training Program on Aerobic Performance and Sprint Endurance Ability in Adolescent Female Football Players: A Pilot Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Professional and Semi-Professional Football: A Scoping Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Effect of a High-Frequency Exercise Program During the Transition Period in Young Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Quantifying the Effects of Detraining on Female Basketball Players Using Physical Fitness Assessment Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- ISAK-Based Anthropometric Standards for Elite Male and Female Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of 8 weeks pre-season training on physical fitness, heart rate variability and cognition in women soccer players.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Effects of a 10-week athletic performance program on match performance variables in male professional football players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Athletic bioimpedance-based equations underestimate fat free mass components in male elite soccer players: development and validation of new soccer-specific predictive models.Journal of translational medicine · 2023Article
- Effects of combined treatment with transcranial and peripheral electromagnetic stimulation on performance and pain recovery from delayed onset muscle soreness induced by eccentric exercise in young athletes. A randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Physical predictors for retention and dismissal of professional soccer head coaches: an analysis of locomotor variables using logistic regression pipeline.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Advancing and critical appraisal of an integrative load monitoring approach in microcycles in professional soccer.PloS one · 2023Observational
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Abstract
backgroundThe off-season period in soccer leads necessarily to changes in fitness status. However, there is a lack of systematization that allows identifying the magnitude of these changes in groups participating in off-season training programs compared with those subjected to training cessation.
objectiveThis systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted to assess the effects of training cessation in off-season training programs on men soccer players' body fat, maximal oxygen uptake (VO
methodsTo qualify for inclusion in the systematic review, studies must have included: (1) a detraining period of ≥ 2 weeks; (2) controlled trials or cohorts of healthy men soccer players with no restriction on age; and (3) a pre-post training cessation or off-season training programs measure of body fat (%), VO
resultsThe electronic search yielded 563 articles, and 12 were subsequently included. Significant (all p < 0.05) detrimental training cessation effects were noted for body fat (ES = 0.26), VO
conclusionsDetrimental effects on body composition and physical fitness were observed after both training cessation and off-season training programs. However, off-season training programs seem to ameliorate such detrimental effects on VO
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