ReviewFrontiers in aging2023
Football training as a non-pharmacological treatment of the global aging population-A topical review.
Review in Frontiers in aging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Evaluation of a football fitness implementation initiative for an older adult population in a small-scale island society.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Recreational Football Training Increases Leg-Extensor Velocity Production in 55- To 70-Year Old Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2023Trial
- Walking handball as an exercise alternative to conventional walking and recreational team handball.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Effects of football training on patients with hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effects of floorball and strength training in a real-life setting on health and physical function in older men.Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
- Physiological and Psychological Effects of Short-Term Recreational Football in Adults 60.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Bone Health, Body Composition and Physiological Demands in 70-85-Year-Old Lifelong Male Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Muscle-derived exosomes and exercise in cancer prevention.Frontiers in molecular medicine · 2023Review
- Growing old together: What we know about the influence of diet and exercise on the aging host's gut microbiome.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
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Abstract
In the present topical mini-review, the beneficial impact of small-sided game football training for the increasing elderly global population is presented. As a multicomponent type of physical activity, football training executed on small pitched with 4-6 players in each team is targeting a myriad of physiological systems and causes positive adaptations of relevance for several non-communicable diseases, of which the incidence increases with advancing age. There is strong scientific evidence that this type of football training promotes cardiovascular, metabolic and musculo-skeletal health in elderly individuals. These positive adaptations can prevent cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, sarcopenia and osteoporosis, and lower the risk of falls. Also, football training has been proven an efficient part of the treatment of several patient groups including men with prostate cancer and women after breast cancer. Finally, regular football training has an anti-inflammatory effect and may slow the biological aging. Overall, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that recreational football training can promote health in the elderly.
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