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Changes in Estimated Body Composition and Physical Fitness of Adolescent Boys after One Year of Soccer Training

Sports participation is one of the most popular forms of physical activity among youngsters. This study aimed to examine the changes in the estimated body composition, strength, and flexibility of adolescent boys after 12 months of soccer training compared with those of age-matched controls with non...

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Autores principales: França, Cíntia, Martinho, Diogo V., Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio, Martins, Francisco, Marques, Adilson, Ribeiro, Tiago, Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio, Lopes, Helder, Rodrigues, Ana, Ihle, Andreas
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832520
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020391
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author França, Cíntia
Martinho, Diogo V.
Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio
Martins, Francisco
Marques, Adilson
Ribeiro, Tiago
Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio
Lopes, Helder
Rodrigues, Ana
Ihle, Andreas
author_facet França, Cíntia
Martinho, Diogo V.
Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio
Martins, Francisco
Marques, Adilson
Ribeiro, Tiago
Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio
Lopes, Helder
Rodrigues, Ana
Ihle, Andreas
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description Sports participation is one of the most popular forms of physical activity among youngsters. This study aimed to examine the changes in the estimated body composition, strength, and flexibility of adolescent boys after 12 months of soccer training compared with those of age-matched controls with non-sports participation. We assessed 137 boys (62 soccer players and 75 controls) at baseline (TM1) and 12 months later (TM2). The differences in estimated body composition, strength, and flexibility were investigated using a repeated measure analysis of variance. The analysis revealed a significant main effect of soccer training on fat mass (F = 73.503, p ≤ 0.01, η2 = 0.59) and fat-free mass (F = 39.123, p ≤ 0.01, η2 = 0.48). Over time, the soccer group decreased their fat mass and increased their fat-free mass, while the opposite results were observed for the controls. Among physical fitness tests, a substantial effect of soccer training was evidenced for the sit-up performance (F = 16.224, p ≤ 0.01, η2 = 0.32). Regarding the time factor, significant effects were noted for height and handgrip strength. No significant differences were detected for flexibility. Overall, the benefits of soccer training were exhibited by the larger improvements in fat mass, fat-free mass, sit-ups, and handgrip strength performance, underlining the important role of soccer participation during adolescence.
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spelling pubmed-99557742023-02-25 Changes in Estimated Body Composition and Physical Fitness of Adolescent Boys after One Year of Soccer Training França, Cíntia Martinho, Diogo V. Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio Martins, Francisco Marques, Adilson Ribeiro, Tiago Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio Lopes, Helder Rodrigues, Ana Ihle, Andreas Children (Basel) Article Sports participation is one of the most popular forms of physical activity among youngsters. This study aimed to examine the changes in the estimated body composition, strength, and flexibility of adolescent boys after 12 months of soccer training compared with those of age-matched controls with non-sports participation. We assessed 137 boys (62 soccer players and 75 controls) at baseline (TM1) and 12 months later (TM2). The differences in estimated body composition, strength, and flexibility were investigated using a repeated measure analysis of variance. The analysis revealed a significant main effect of soccer training on fat mass (F = 73.503, p ≤ 0.01, η2 = 0.59) and fat-free mass (F = 39.123, p ≤ 0.01, η2 = 0.48). Over time, the soccer group decreased their fat mass and increased their fat-free mass, while the opposite results were observed for the controls. Among physical fitness tests, a substantial effect of soccer training was evidenced for the sit-up performance (F = 16.224, p ≤ 0.01, η2 = 0.32). Regarding the time factor, significant effects were noted for height and handgrip strength. No significant differences were detected for flexibility. Overall, the benefits of soccer training were exhibited by the larger improvements in fat mass, fat-free mass, sit-ups, and handgrip strength performance, underlining the important role of soccer participation during adolescence. MDPI 2023-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9955774/ /pubmed/36832520 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020391 Text en © 2023 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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Lopes, Helder
Rodrigues, Ana
Ihle, Andreas
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9955774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832520
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10020391
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