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ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Physical Activity During Official Match Play in Female Masters Basketball Players: An Accelerometry-Based Study.

Dimitrios Balampanos, Dimitrios Pantazis, Christos Kokkotis, Alexandra Avloniti, Theodoros Stampoulis, Panagiotis Aggelakis, Efstratios Nedeltsos, Georgios Kaltsos, Maria Protopapa, Nikolaos-Orestis Retzepis and 4 more

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Dimitrios BalampanosDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0009-0001-0521-1072
Dimitrios PantazisDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0009-0002-9398-790X
Christos KokkotisDepartment of Occupational Therapy, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.
Alexandra AvlonitiDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1406-039X
Theodoros StampoulisDepartment of Occupational Therapy, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0009-0005-7542-6078
Panagiotis AggelakisDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0009-0006-2983-0384
Efstratios NedeltsosDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.
Georgios KaltsosDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.
Maria ProtopapaDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0009-0000-2389-0008
Nikolaos-Orestis RetzepisDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.
Panagiotis FoteinakisDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0009-0001-4999-5008
Nikolaos ZarasDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8933-723X
Maria MichalopoulouDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0009-0001-8136-9090
Athanasios ChatzinikolaouDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Occupational Therapy, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4238-7632

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesInsufficient physical activity remains a major public health concern among adult women, highlighting the need to identify structured activity contexts that can contribute meaningfully to recommended weekly physical activity levels. Official masters basketball may represent one such context; however, the amount of physical activity accumulated during female masters basketball match play remains insufficiently quantified. This study quantified the physical activity profile of official tournament match play among female masters basketball athletes and described the associated external physical demands.

methodsThis observational study included 52 female master basketball athletes aged 37-63 years who competed in a three-day national masters tournament. Match demands were monitored using tri-axial microsensors. Physical activity was classified from processed raw tri-axial acceleration data into intensity zones, and differences in time spent across zones were examined using one-way repeated-measures ANOVA. External load during active play was quantified using total distance, distance across speed zones, accumulated acceleration load (AAL), mechanical load (ML), jump load (JL), and Physio Load.

resultsSignificant differences were observed across physical-activity intensity zones, with more time accumulated in light physical activity (LPA) and vigorous physical activity (VPA) than in moderate physical activity (MPA), whereas MPA accounted for the least time overall [F (1.98, 101.16) = 47.57,

conclusionsOfficial female masters basketball appears to provide a meaningful intermittent physical-activity stimulus within a single monitored match exposure and may contribute substantially to weekly aerobic physical-activity accumulation in adult women.

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accelerometryexternal loadfemale masters basketballhealthy agingphysical activity

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PMID42347454
PMCPMC13306610

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