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- Title
Muscle damage, inflammatory, immune and performance responses to three football games in 1 week in competitive male players.
- Authors
Mohr, Magni; Draganidis, Dimitrios; Chatzinikolaou, Athanasios; Barbero-Álvarez, Jose; Castagna, Carlo; Douroudos, Ioannis; Avloniti, Alexandra; Margeli, Alexandra; Papassotiriou, Ioannis; Flouris, Andreas; Jamurtas, Athanasios; Krustrup, Peter; Fatouros, Ioannis; Barbero-Álvarez, Jose Carlos; Flouris, Andreas D; Jamurtas, Athanasios Z; Fatouros, Ioannis G
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>We examined effects of a three-game, 1-week microcycle (G1, G2, G3) on recovery of performance and inflammatory responses in professional male footballers.<bold>Methods: </bold>Players were randomized into an experimental (EXP; N = 20) and a control group (CON; N = 20). Blood was drawn and repeated sprint ability (RSA), muscle soreness and knee range of motion (KJRM) were determined pre- and post-games and during recovery.<bold>Results: </bold>High-intensity running during G2 was 7-14% less compared to G1 and G3. RSA declined in EXP by 2-9% 3 days post-game with G2 causing the greatest performance impairment. In EXP, game play increased muscle soreness (~sevenfold) compared to CON with G2 inducing the greatest rise, while KJRM was attenuated post-game in EXP compared to CON (5-7%) and recovered slower post G2 and G3 than G1. CK, CRP, sVCAM-1, sP-Selectin and cortisol peaked 48 h post-games with G2 eliciting the greatest increase. Leukocyte count, testosterone, IL-1β and IL6 responses, although altered 24 h post each game, were comparable among games. Plasma TBARS and protein carbonyls rose by ~50% post-games with G2 eliciting the greatest increase 48 h of recovery. Reduced to oxidized glutathione ratio declined for 24 h post all games with G2 displaying the slowest recovery. Total antioxidant capacity and glutathione peroxidase activity increased (9-56%) for 48 h in response to game play.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>In summary, post-game performance recovery and inflammatory adaptations in response to a three-game weekly microcycle displayed a different response pattern, with strong indications of a largest physiological stress and fatigue after the middle game that was preceded by only a 3-day recovery.
- Subjects
MUSCLE injuries; FATIGUE (Physiology); SOCCER players; SPRINTING; TEAM sports; LEUCOCYTES; INTERLEUKIN-6; TESTOSTERONE; SKELETAL muscle injuries; ANTIOXIDANTS; ATHLETIC ability; FOOTBALL; INFLAMMATION; RANGE of motion of joints; MYALGIA; RUNNING; TIME; SKELETAL muscle; LEUKOCYTE count
- Publication
European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2016, Vol 116, Issue 1, p179
- ISSN
1439-6319
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00421-015-3245-2