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- Title
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING IN ELITE SOCCER REFEREES, DISTANCE RUNNERS AND HEALTH CONTROLS.
- Authors
Loureiro da Silva, Vitor; do Rosário Depizzol, Carlos Eduardo; Carletti, Luciana; dos Santos Neves, Letícia Nascimento; Luís Vancini, Rodrigo; Barbosa de Lira, Claudio André; dos Santos Andrade, Marilia; Paula Lima-Leopoldo, Ana; Soares Leopoldo, André
- Abstract
The aerobic physical fitness levels of football referees is of great interest, because its can impact on the quality of the referees' performance during matches. This study evaluated the physiological response from aerobic physical fitness variables [maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), anaerobic threshold (AT) and respiratory compensation point (RCP)] obtained from the cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) in football referees and compare it to those of healthy controls and distance runners. A cross-sectional study was performed with 57 male adults that composed the following groups: control group (CG); recreational runners (RuG); and football referees (ReG). Anthropometric, resting and exertion electrocardiograms and CPET evaluations were determined. Brazilian elite football referees have a higher speed and VO2max associated with AT, RCP and maximal exercise (CG=39.8±4.7 versus RuG=52.4±7.1; and ReG=45.8±5.5 ml/kg/min), than CG, but lower than the recreational runners. Physiological responses associated with the CPET of Brazilian elite football referees are higher than those of healthy controls, but lower than those of recreational runners. From our results and other findings in the literature, we can assume, that the football referees evaluated are able to withstand the physiological demands imposed by the match.
- Subjects
SOCCER referees; EXERCISE tests; AEROBIC capacity; ANAEROBIC threshold; ANAEROBIC capacity; PHYSICAL fitness
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Prescrição e Fisiologia do Exercício, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 89, p48
- ISSN
1981-9900
- Publication type
Article