Professional Football (Soccer) Players Have a Markedly Greater Skeletal Mineral Content, Density and Size Than Age- and BMI-Matched Controls

1998 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Wittich ◽  
C. A. Mautalen ◽  
M. B. Oliveri ◽  
A. Bagur ◽  
F. Somoza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Content ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Professional Football

scholarly journals Effects of Regular Away Travel on Training Loads, Recovery, and Injury Rates in Professional Australian Soccer Players

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 546-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Fowler ◽  
Rob Duffield ◽  
Adam Waterson ◽  
Joanna Vaile
Keyword(s):  
Cumulative Effects ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Injury Incidence ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
Injury Rates ◽  
Longitudinal Effects ◽  
National Competition ◽  
Match Location ◽  
At Home

The current study examined the acute and longitudinal effects of regular away travel on training load (TL), player wellness, and injury surrounding competitive football (soccer) matches. Eighteen male professional football players, representing a team competing in the highest national competition in Australia, volunteered to participate in the study. Training loads, player wellness and injury incidence, rate, severity, and type, together with the activity at the time of injury, were recorded on the day before, the day of, and for 4 d after each of the 27 matches of the 2012−13 season. This included 14 home and 13 away matches, further subdivided based on the midpoint of the season into early (1−13) and late competition (14−27) phases. While TLs were significantly greater on day 3 at home compared with away during the early competition phase (P = .03), no other significant effects of match location were identified (P > .05). Total TL and mean wellness over the 6 d surrounding matches and TL on day 3 were significantly reduced during the late compared with the early competition phase at home and away (P < .05). Although not significantly (P > .05), training missed due to injury was 60% and 50% greater during the late than during the early competition phase at home and away, respectively. In conclusion, no significant interactions between match location and competition phase were evident during the late competition phase, which suggests that away travel had negligible cumulative effects on the reduction in player wellness in the latter half of the season.

Hamstrings Strength Imbalance in Professional Football (Soccer) Players in Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 997-1002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare L. Ardern ◽  
Tania Pizzari ◽  
Martin R. Wollin ◽  
Kate E. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Soccer Players ◽  
Professional Football

The Drake Football Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Gouttebarge
Keyword(s):  
Soccer Players ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
Comprehensive Study

This Animated Video provides an overview of the protocol of the Drake Football Study, the most comprehensive study to-date to monitor the long-term health of professional football (soccer) players.

Body Composition of Professional Football (Soccer) Players Determined by Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Wittich ◽  
M. Beatriz Oliveri ◽  
Enrique Rotemberg ◽  
Carlos Mautalen
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
X Ray

Bone Turnover Markers and Lean Mass in Pubescent Boys: Comparison Between Elite Soccer Players and Controls

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Nebigh ◽  
Mohamed Elfethi Abed ◽  
Rihab Borji ◽  
Sonia Sahli ◽  
Slaheddine Sellami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Mineral Density ◽  
Bone Turnover ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Mineral Content ◽  
Type I Collagen ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Type I ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Turnover Markers

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between bone mass and bone turnover markers with lean mass (LM) in pubescent soccer players. Two groups participated in this study, which included 65 elite young soccer players who trained for 6–8 hours per week and 60 controls. Bone mineral density; bone mineral content in the whole body, lower limbs, lumbar spine, and femoral neck; biochemical markers of osteocalcin; bone-specific alkaline phosphatase; C-telopeptide type I collagen; and total LM were assessed. Young soccer players showed higher bone mineral density and bone mineral content in the whole body and weight-bearing sites (P < .001). Indeed, the total LM correlated with whole-body bone mineral density and bone mineral content (P < .001). There were significant differences within the bone formation markers and osteocalcin (formation)/C-telopeptide type I collagen (resorption) ratio between young soccer players compared with the control group, but no significant difference in C-telopeptide type I collagen was observed between the 2 groups. This study showed a significant positive correlation among bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin, and total LM (r = .29; r = .31; P < .05) only for the young soccer players. Findings of this study highlight the importance of soccer practice for bone mineral parameters and bone turnover markers during the puberty stage.

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