ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2022
Muscle Glycogen in Elite Soccer - A Perspective on the Implication for Performance, Fatigue, and Recovery.
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- Influence of Carbohydrate Intake on Different Parameters of Soccer Players' Performance: Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
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- Post-Match Recovery Responses in Italian Serie A Youth Soccer Players: Effects of Manipulating Training Load 48 h After Match Play.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Recovery kinetics following matches in congested vs. non-congested schedules: effects on pressure pain sensitivity, delayed onset muscle soreness, and muscular performance in soccer players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- The Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) in Improving Performance in Soccer Players-A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Within-game performance decrements in relation to peak fat oxidation, Fatmax and peak oxygen uptake in elite male footballers.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- Antioxidant Defense and Redox Signaling in Elite Soccer Players: Insights into Muscle Function, Recovery, and Training Adaptations.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Effect of Carbohydrate Ingestion on Performance and Indices of Fatigue in Adolescent Soccer Players During a Simulated Game.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Fueling Soccer Players: A Scoping Review and Audit of Literature Related to Soccer-Specific Guidelines for Carbohydrate Intake.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Performance of soccer players under acute physical fatigue: An approach based on cognitive, tactical and physical aspects.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Dietary Intake of Soccer Players before, during and after an Official Game: Influence of Competition Level and Playing Position.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Improved physical performance of elite soccer players based on GPS results after 4 days of carbohydrate loading followed by 3 days of low carbohydrate diet.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2023Article
- Carbohydrate Nutrition and Skill Performance in Soccer.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Review
- Energy expenditure, dietary intake and energy availability in female professional football players.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2023Article
- Match Loads May Predict Neuromuscular Fatigue and Intermittent-Running Endurance Capacity Decrement after a Soccer Match.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Based on extrapolation of current trends in modern soccer, physiological loading has increased markedly, and the game will continue to become even more demanding in the future, which will exacerbate fatigue at the end of a game and between games. Soccer is a glycogen consuming activity due to its high-intensity intermittent nature, and muscle glycogen is a key factor associated with fatigue late in a game, as well as in determining recovery after a game or an intense training session. Low glycogen in individual muscle fibers and subcellular compartments in the muscle cell is likely to negatively affect several essential steps in the excitation-contraction coupling such as action potential propagation, calcium handling and cross-bridge cycling through reductions in muscle ATP which are suggested sites of muscle function impairment inducing muscle fatigue. Recovery of physical performance and muscle glycogen after a soccer game is a slow process, which challenges the reality in modern elite soccer with increased game and training frequency and physiological loading. We suggest a markedly higher prioritization of fitness training modalities, nutritional approaches and general recovery strategies that optimizes muscle glycogen storage prior to games and training sessions. Also, the soccer community including the governing bodies of the sport must acknowledge and plan according to the high and increasing demands of the modern game, as well as the consequences this has on fatigue and recovery. These aspects are paramount to consider in the planning of training and games, as well as in the process of structuring soccer tournaments and developing competitive regulations in the future to optimize performance and player health.
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