Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer).

ABSTRACT: High-level football (soccer) players face intense physical demands that result in acute and residual fatigue, impairing their physical performance in subsequent matches. Further, top-class players are frequently exposed to match-congested periods where sufficient recovery times are not achievable. To evaluate training and recovery strategies, the monitoring of players' recovery profiles is crucial. Along with performance and neuro-mechanical impairments, match-induced fatigue causes metabolic disturbances denoted by changes in chemical analytes that can be quantified in different body fluids such as blood, saliva, and urine, thus acting as biomarkers. The monitoring of these molecules might supplement performance, neuromuscular and cognitive measurements to guide coaches and trainers durin

SUBMITTER: Perez-Castillo IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10126523 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature