Markers of muscle damage and strength performance in professional football (soccer) players during the competitive period.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 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.

Methods

In 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.

Results

There was evidence of a statistically signif

SUBMITTER: Khaitin V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7867942 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature