Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer)
High-level football (soccer) players face intense physical demands that result in acute and residual fatigue, impairing their physical performance in subsequent matches. Further, top-class players are frequently exposed to match-congested periods where sufficient recovery times are not achievable. T...
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| author | Íñigo M. Pérez-Castillo Ricardo Rueda Hakim Bouzamondo José López-Chicharro Niko Mihic |
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| description | High-level football (soccer) players face intense physical demands that result in acute and residual fatigue, impairing their physical performance in subsequent matches. Further, top-class players are frequently exposed to match-congested periods where sufficient recovery times are not achievable. To evaluate training and recovery strategies, the monitoring of players’ recovery profiles is crucial. Along with performance and neuro-mechanical impairments, match-induced fatigue causes metabolic disturbances denoted by changes in chemical analytes that can be quantified in different body fluids such as blood, saliva, and urine, thus acting as biomarkers. The monitoring of these molecules might supplement performance, neuromuscular and cognitive measurements to guide coaches and trainers during the recovery period. The present narrative review aims to comprehensively review the scientific literature on biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football players as well as provide an outlook on the role that metabolomic studies might play in this field of research. Overall, no single gold-standard biomarker of match-induced fatigue exists, and a range of metabolites are available to assess different aspects of post-match recovery. The use of biomarker panels might be suitable to simultaneously monitoring these broad physiological processes, yet further research on fluctuations of different analytes throughout post-match recovery is warranted. Although important efforts have been made to address the high interindividual heterogeneity of available markers, limitations inherent to these markers might compromise the information they provide to guide recovery protocols. Further research on metabolomics might benefit from evaluating the long-term recovery period from a high-level football match to shed light upon new biomarkers of post-match recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-489af95e25354ad0b1a22dbbdad133742023-04-11T05:59:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2023-04-011410.3389/fphys.2023.11674491167449Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer)Íñigo M. Pérez-Castillo0Ricardo Rueda1Hakim Bouzamondo2José López-Chicharro3Niko Mihic4Abbott Nutrition, R&D, Granada, SpainAbbott Nutrition, R&D, Granada, SpainAbbott Nutrition, R&D, Chicago, IL, United StatesReal Madrid, Medical Services, Madrid, SpainReal Madrid, Medical Services, Madrid, SpainHigh-level football (soccer) players face intense physical demands that result in acute and residual fatigue, impairing their physical performance in subsequent matches. Further, top-class players are frequently exposed to match-congested periods where sufficient recovery times are not achievable. To evaluate training and recovery strategies, the monitoring of players’ recovery profiles is crucial. Along with performance and neuro-mechanical impairments, match-induced fatigue causes metabolic disturbances denoted by changes in chemical analytes that can be quantified in different body fluids such as blood, saliva, and urine, thus acting as biomarkers. The monitoring of these molecules might supplement performance, neuromuscular and cognitive measurements to guide coaches and trainers during the recovery period. The present narrative review aims to comprehensively review the scientific literature on biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football players as well as provide an outlook on the role that metabolomic studies might play in this field of research. Overall, no single gold-standard biomarker of match-induced fatigue exists, and a range of metabolites are available to assess different aspects of post-match recovery. The use of biomarker panels might be suitable to simultaneously monitoring these broad physiological processes, yet further research on fluctuations of different analytes throughout post-match recovery is warranted. Although important efforts have been made to address the high interindividual heterogeneity of available markers, limitations inherent to these markers might compromise the information they provide to guide recovery protocols. Further research on metabolomics might benefit from evaluating the long-term recovery period from a high-level football match to shed light upon new biomarkers of post-match recovery.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1167449/fullbiomarkerrecoveryfatiguefootballsoccermonitoring |
| spellingShingle | Íñigo M. Pérez-Castillo Ricardo Rueda Hakim Bouzamondo José López-Chicharro Niko Mihic Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer) Frontiers in Physiology biomarker recovery fatigue football soccer monitoring |
| title | Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer) |
| title_full | Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer) |
| title_fullStr | Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer) |
| title_short | Biomarkers of post-match recovery in semi-professional and professional football (soccer) |
| title_sort | biomarkers of post match recovery in semi professional and professional football soccer |
| topic | biomarker recovery fatigue football soccer monitoring |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1167449/full |
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