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Regional Lean Soft Tissue and Intracellular Water Are Associated with Changes in Lower-Body Neuromuscular Performance: A Pilot Study in Elite Soccer Players

The assessment of body composition over a competitive season provides valuable information that can help sports professionals to evaluate the efficacy of training and nutritional strategies, as well as monitoring athletes’ health status. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of ch...

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Autores principales: Bongiovanni, Tindaro, Tinsley, Grant, Martera, Giulia, Orlandi, Carmine, Genovesi, Federico, Puleo, Giuseppe, Rossi, Alessio, Trecroci, Athos
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9332301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35893080
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12080064
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author Bongiovanni, Tindaro
Tinsley, Grant
Martera, Giulia
Orlandi, Carmine
Genovesi, Federico
Puleo, Giuseppe
Rossi, Alessio
Trecroci, Athos
author_facet Bongiovanni, Tindaro
Tinsley, Grant
Martera, Giulia
Orlandi, Carmine
Genovesi, Federico
Puleo, Giuseppe
Rossi, Alessio
Trecroci, Athos
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description The assessment of body composition over a competitive season provides valuable information that can help sports professionals to evaluate the efficacy of training and nutritional strategies, as well as monitoring athletes’ health status. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of changes in body composition and hydration status with changes in lower-body neuromuscular performance in soccer. Twenty-two male professional soccer players (mean ± SD; age: 26.4 ± 4.8 years; height: 184.3 ± 5.7 cm; body mass: 81.1 ± 6.5 kg; body fat: 11.6 ± 1.5%) took part in the study, for which they were tested at the initial and final stage of the competitive season. Total (whole body) and regional (arms and legs) lean soft tissue (LST) were estimated to obtain the body composition profile. Total body water (TBW) content, including extracellular (ECW) and intracellular (ICW) water, was obtained to monitor players’ hydration status. Countermovement jump (CMJ) height, power, and strength were used to derive players’ lower-body neuromuscular performance. The results showed that changes in legs LST and ICW significantly (p < 0.01) explained (r(2) = 0.39) the improvements in CMJ height, power, and strength from the initial to the final stage of the season. Given the high demand imposed on the lower limbs during a soccer season, being more susceptible to change compared to whole-body LST, assessing regional LST and ICW would be more appropriate to provide extended information on players’ readiness.
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spelling pubmed-93323012022-07-29 Regional Lean Soft Tissue and Intracellular Water Are Associated with Changes in Lower-Body Neuromuscular Performance: A Pilot Study in Elite Soccer Players Bongiovanni, Tindaro Tinsley, Grant Martera, Giulia Orlandi, Carmine Genovesi, Federico Puleo, Giuseppe Rossi, Alessio Trecroci, Athos Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ Article The assessment of body composition over a competitive season provides valuable information that can help sports professionals to evaluate the efficacy of training and nutritional strategies, as well as monitoring athletes’ health status. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of changes in body composition and hydration status with changes in lower-body neuromuscular performance in soccer. Twenty-two male professional soccer players (mean ± SD; age: 26.4 ± 4.8 years; height: 184.3 ± 5.7 cm; body mass: 81.1 ± 6.5 kg; body fat: 11.6 ± 1.5%) took part in the study, for which they were tested at the initial and final stage of the competitive season. Total (whole body) and regional (arms and legs) lean soft tissue (LST) were estimated to obtain the body composition profile. Total body water (TBW) content, including extracellular (ECW) and intracellular (ICW) water, was obtained to monitor players’ hydration status. Countermovement jump (CMJ) height, power, and strength were used to derive players’ lower-body neuromuscular performance. The results showed that changes in legs LST and ICW significantly (p < 0.01) explained (r(2) = 0.39) the improvements in CMJ height, power, and strength from the initial to the final stage of the season. Given the high demand imposed on the lower limbs during a soccer season, being more susceptible to change compared to whole-body LST, assessing regional LST and ICW would be more appropriate to provide extended information on players’ readiness. MDPI 2022-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9332301/ /pubmed/35893080 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12080064 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bongiovanni, Tindaro
Tinsley, Grant
Martera, Giulia
Orlandi, Carmine
Genovesi, Federico
Puleo, Giuseppe
Rossi, Alessio
Trecroci, Athos
Regional Lean Soft Tissue and Intracellular Water Are Associated with Changes in Lower-Body Neuromuscular Performance: A Pilot Study in Elite Soccer Players
title Regional Lean Soft Tissue and Intracellular Water Are Associated with Changes in Lower-Body Neuromuscular Performance: A Pilot Study in Elite Soccer Players
title_full Regional Lean Soft Tissue and Intracellular Water Are Associated with Changes in Lower-Body Neuromuscular Performance: A Pilot Study in Elite Soccer Players
title_fullStr Regional Lean Soft Tissue and Intracellular Water Are Associated with Changes in Lower-Body Neuromuscular Performance: A Pilot Study in Elite Soccer Players
title_full_unstemmed Regional Lean Soft Tissue and Intracellular Water Are Associated with Changes in Lower-Body Neuromuscular Performance: A Pilot Study in Elite Soccer Players
title_short Regional Lean Soft Tissue and Intracellular Water Are Associated with Changes in Lower-Body Neuromuscular Performance: A Pilot Study in Elite Soccer Players
title_sort regional lean soft tissue and intracellular water are associated with changes in lower-body neuromuscular performance: a pilot study in elite soccer players
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9332301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35893080
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe12080064
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