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- Hagman, M, et al.
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Football and team handball training postpone cellular aging in women
- 2021
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Ingår i: Scientific reports. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2045-2322. ; 11:1, s. 11733-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Several hallmarks of aging have been identified and examined separately in previous exercise studies. For the first time, this study investigates the effect of lifelong regular exercise in humans on two of the central aging hallmarks combined. This cross-sectional study involved 129 healthy, non-smoking women, including young elite football players (YF, n = 29), young untrained controls (YC, n = 30), elderly team handball players (EH, n = 35) and elderly untrained controls (EC, n = 35). From a resting blood sample, mononuclear cells (MNCs) were isolated and sorted into monocytes and lymphocytes. Telomere length, mitochondrial (mtDNA) copy number and key regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis and function (PGC-1α and PGC-1β expression) were measured using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Overall, young women showed significantly longer telomeres and higher PGC-1α and PGC-1β expression, but lower mtDNA copy number compared to elderly subjects. A multivariate analysis showed that YF had 22–24% longer telomeres in lymphocytes and MNCs compared to YC. In addition, YF showed 19–20% higher mtDNA copy number in lymphocytes and MNCs compared to YC. The two young groups did not differ in PGC-1α and PGC-1β expression. EH showed 14% lower mtDNA copy number in lymphocytes compared to EC, but 3.4-fold higher lymphocyte PGC-1α expression compared to EC. In MNCs, EH also showed 1.4–1.6-fold higher PGC-1α and PGC-1β expression. The two elderly groups did not differ in telomere length. Elite football training and lifelong team handball training are associated with anti-aging mechanisms in leukocytes in women, including maintenance of telomere length and superior mitochondrial characteristics.
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- Mohr, Magni, et al.
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Football training as a non-pharmacological treatment of the global aging population—A topical review
- 2023
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Aging. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 2673-6217. ; 4
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the present topical mini-review, the beneficial impact of small-sided game football training for the increasing elderly global population is presented. As a multicomponent type of physical activity, football training executed on small pitched with 4–6 players in each team is targeting a myriad of physiological systems and causes positive adaptations of relevance for several non-communicable diseases, of which the incidence increases with advancing age. There is strong scientific evidence that this type of football training promotes cardiovascular, metabolic and musculo-skeletal health in elderly individuals. These positive adaptations can prevent cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, sarcopenia and osteoporosis, and lower the risk of falls. Also, football training has been proven an efficient part of the treatment of several patient groups including men with prostate cancer and women after breast cancer. Finally, regular football training has an anti-inflammatory effect and may slow the biological aging. Overall, there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that recreational football training can promote health in the elderly.
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- Rago, V., et al.
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Contextual Variables and Training Load Throughout a Competitive Period in a Top-Level Male Soccer Team
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. - 1064-8011. ; 35:11, s. 3177-3183
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rago, V, Rebelo, A, Krustrup, P, and Mohr, M. Contextual variables and training load throughout a competitive period in a top-level male soccer team. J Strength Cond Res 35(11): 3177-3183, 2021-The aim of the present study was to investigate and quantify the weekly training load (TL) according to different match-related contextual factors in a professional male soccer team (n = 23). Training load was quantified using a 10-Hz global positioning system with integrated 100-Hz accelerometer and heart rate recordings over a 3-month competitive period. Total distance (TD) covered and high-speed running (HSR, >16 km center dot h(-1)) during training were higher in the week after playing against a bottom-level or top-level opponent compared to a medium-level opponent (p < 0.05; effect size [ES] = 0.30-1.04). TD was also higher when preparing for a match against a bottom-level opponent (p < 0.05; ES = 0.39-0.76). In addition, the percentage of HSR was higher after playing a bottom-level compared to a medium-level opponent (p < 0.001; ES = 0.49 [0.27; 0.71]). TD covered was higher in the week following a draw or a win, and higher before a loss compared to a draw (p < 0.05, ES = 0.32-0.81). Both absolute HSR and HSR expressed as percentage of TD were higher before losing and winning a match compared to a draw (p < 0.05; ES = 0.72-0.98). Weekly TL seems to be slightly affected by match-related contextual variables, with special emphasis on the opponent standard and match outcome. Higher training volume was observed before and after playing against a top-level opponent, and after losing a match, whereas the volume of high-intensity training seems to be higher when preparing for a game against a top-level opponent. Future experimental research should clarify the interaction between match-related contextual variables (e.g., cause) and weekly TL (e.g., effect).
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- Rago, V., et al.
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Training load and submaximal heart rate testing throughout a competitive period in a top-level male football team
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Sports Sciences. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0264-0414 .- 1466-447X. ; 38:11-12, s. 1408-1415
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to investigate training load and cardiorespiratory fitness in a top-level Spanish (LaLiga) football team (n = 17). The submaximal Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1 (Yo-Yo IR1(SUB)) was performed in four moments of the competitive period from early February (E1) to early May (E4). Training load was quantified using a 10-Hz global positioning system and heart rate (HR) recording (n = 837 individual training sessions), while match load was quantified using semi-automated cameras (n = 216 individual match observations). Cardiorespiratory fitness moderately improved as the season progressed (P < 0.05; effect sizes = 0.8 to 1.2). Cumulative total distance covered during training between E1 and E4 was negatively correlated with percentage of changes in mean HR during the last 30 s of Yo-Yo IR1(SUB) (P = 0.049; r = -0.47 [-0.71; -0.14]; moderate). HR during the last 30 s of Yo-Yo IR1(SUB) was negatively correlated to total distance covered during the match (P = 0.024; r = -0.56 [-0.80; -0.17]; moderate). Yo-Yo IRSUB can be used to monitor seasonal changes in cardiorespiratory fitness without the need to have players work until exhaustion. Cardiorespiratory fitness given by mean HR during the last 30 s of the test seems meaningful in relation to match performance.
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- Vigh-Larsen, J. F., et al.
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Muscle Metabolism and Fatigue during Simulated Ice Hockey Match-Play in Elite Players
- 2020
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Ingår i: Medicine and science in sports and exercise. - : Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). - 0195-9131 .- 1530-0315. ; 52:10, s. 2162-2171
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The present study investigated muscle metabolism and fatigue during simulated elite male ice hockey match-play. Methods: Thirty U20 male national team players completed an experimental game comprising three periods of 8 x 1-min shifts separated by 2-min recovery intervals. Two vastus lateralis biopsies were obtained either during the game (n= 7) or pregame and postgame (n= 6). Venous blood samples were drawn pregame and at the end of the first and last periods (n= 14). Activity pattern and physiological responses were continuously monitored using local positioning system and heart rate recordings. Further, repeated-sprint ability was tested pregame and after each period. Results Total distance covered was 5980 +/- 199 m with almost half the distance covered at high skating speeds (>17 km.h(-1)). Average and peak on-ice heart rate was 84% +/- 2% and 97% +/- 2% of maximum heart rate, respectively. Muscle lactate increased (P <= 0.05) more than fivefold and threefold, whereas muscle pH decreased (P <= 0.05) from 7.31 +/- 0.04 pregame to 6.99 +/- 0.07 and 7.13 +/- 0.11 during the first and last periods, respectively. Muscle glycogen decreased by 53% postgame (P <= 0.05) with similar to 65% of fast- and slow-twitch fibers depleted of glycogen. Blood lactate increased sixfold (P <= 0.05), whereas plasma free fatty acid levels increased 1.5-fold and threefold (P <= 0.05) after the first and last periods. Repeated-sprint ability was impaired (similar to 3%;P <= 0.05) postgame concomitant with a similar to 10% decrease in the number of accelerations and decelerations during the second and last periods (P <= 0.05). Conclusions Our findings demonstrate that a simulated ice hockey match-play scenario encompasses a high on-ice heart rate response and glycolytic loading resulting in a marked degradation of muscle glycogen, particularly in specific sub-groups of fibers. This may be of importance both for fatigue in the final stages of a game and for subsequent recovery.
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