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Aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after COVID-19 infection
This investigation aimed to assess the aerobic capacity of professional soccer players pre-and post-COVID-19 infection. Twenty-one division-1 elite soccer players (age 24.24 ± 5.75 years, height 178.21 ± 5.44 cm, weight 74.12 ± 5.21 kg) participated in this study. This observational study compared t...
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description | This investigation aimed to assess the aerobic capacity of professional soccer players pre-and post-COVID-19 infection. Twenty-one division-1 elite soccer players (age 24.24 ± 5.75 years, height 178.21 ± 5.44 cm, weight 74.12 ± 5.21 kg) participated in this study. This observational study compared the same players' aerobic capacity pre-, and 60-days post COVID-19 recovery. The statistical analysis demonstrated that the infected players had significantly lower VO(2max) values [t((20)) = 5.17, p < 0.01, d = 0.613 (medium effect)], and significantly lower VO(2) values at respiratory compensation point (RC) [t((20)) = 2.97, p < 0.05, d = 0.39 (small effect)] after recovery. Furthermore, results indicated a significantly lower running time (RT) on the treadmill [t((20)) = 4.84, p < 0.01, d = 0.46 (small effect)] when compared to the results that were obtained before they got infected. In addition, velocity at VO(2max) ((V)VO(2max)) was significantly lower [t((20)) = 2.34, p < 0.05, d = 0.41 (small effect)] and the heart rate values at ventilatory threshold (VT) [t((20)) = −2.79, p < 0.01, d = 0.55 (medium effect)] and RC [t((20)) = −3.72, p < 0.01, d = 0.52 (medium effect)] were significantly higher post-recovery. The aforementioned findings indicate that post COVID-19 soccer players may not reach full recovery at two months. Therefore, our results highlight that further adaptations and improvements are needed with regard to aerobic capacity before soccer players return to professional games. |
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spelling | pubmed-92793072022-07-15 Aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after COVID-19 infection Parpa, Koulla Michaelides, Marcos Sci Rep Article This investigation aimed to assess the aerobic capacity of professional soccer players pre-and post-COVID-19 infection. Twenty-one division-1 elite soccer players (age 24.24 ± 5.75 years, height 178.21 ± 5.44 cm, weight 74.12 ± 5.21 kg) participated in this study. This observational study compared the same players' aerobic capacity pre-, and 60-days post COVID-19 recovery. The statistical analysis demonstrated that the infected players had significantly lower VO(2max) values [t((20)) = 5.17, p < 0.01, d = 0.613 (medium effect)], and significantly lower VO(2) values at respiratory compensation point (RC) [t((20)) = 2.97, p < 0.05, d = 0.39 (small effect)] after recovery. Furthermore, results indicated a significantly lower running time (RT) on the treadmill [t((20)) = 4.84, p < 0.01, d = 0.46 (small effect)] when compared to the results that were obtained before they got infected. In addition, velocity at VO(2max) ((V)VO(2max)) was significantly lower [t((20)) = 2.34, p < 0.05, d = 0.41 (small effect)] and the heart rate values at ventilatory threshold (VT) [t((20)) = −2.79, p < 0.01, d = 0.55 (medium effect)] and RC [t((20)) = −3.72, p < 0.01, d = 0.52 (medium effect)] were significantly higher post-recovery. The aforementioned findings indicate that post COVID-19 soccer players may not reach full recovery at two months. Therefore, our results highlight that further adaptations and improvements are needed with regard to aerobic capacity before soccer players return to professional games. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9279307/ /pubmed/35831351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16031-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Parpa, Koulla Michaelides, Marcos Aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after COVID-19 infection |
title | Aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after COVID-19 infection |
title_full | Aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after COVID-19 infection |
title_fullStr | Aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after COVID-19 infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after COVID-19 infection |
title_short | Aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after COVID-19 infection |
title_sort | aerobic capacity of professional soccer players before and after covid-19 infection |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9279307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35831351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16031-7 |
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