ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2021
Markers of muscle damage and strength performance in professional football (soccer) players during the competitive period.
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- Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer).Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- A Narrative Review for a Machine Learning Application in Sports: An Example Based on Injury Forecasting in Soccer.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Biological Responses to Short-Term Maximal Exercise in Male Police Officers.American journal of men's healthArticle
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe present study investigated the impact of competitive soccer on the short-term changes in isometric strength of the adductor muscle group during the competitive season.
methodsIn this cohort study we evaluated the association between a serum marker of muscle damage [creatine phosphokinase (CPK)] and isometric strength of the adductor muscles of the hip in 30 professional football players (age: 26.7±2.9 years) during two seasons of the national top-level championship. Serum CPK level was determined the day before the match, 12-20, 36-48, 60-72 h after the match. The maximum voluntary isometric contraction force of the adductor muscles complex was determined immediately after having taken blood samples.
resultsThere was evidence of a statistically significant positive association between age, body mass index (BMI), percentage of body fat, and muscle strength, and between weight and muscle strength. There was evidence of a statistically significant negative association between the level of CPK and the maximum isometric strength of the adductors of soccer players. Changes in CPK levels were associated with the muscle strength recovery trend (P<0.001). The strength/CPK ratio at different time points had a U-shaped curve.
conclusionsExercise induced muscle damage significantly affects the strength of the adductor muscle group of professional soccer players during the competitive period. The lower the CPK level, the greater the athletes' strength at a given time point. Also, the greater the decrease in CPK level, the greater the rate of strength restoration.
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