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Title: | Analysis of the sustainability of long-term detraining caused by COVID-19 lockdown |
Other Titles: | impact on the maximal aerobic speed of under-16 soccer players |
Authors: | Silva, Ana Filipa Clemente, Filipe Manuel Badicu, Georgian Zangla, Daniele Silva, Rui Greco, Gianpiero Ceylan, Halil Ibrahim Alves, João Fischetti, Francesco Cataldi, Stefania |
Keywords: | Football Physical fitness Sports training Athletic performance Pandemic Youth Aerobic capacity |
Issue Date: | 27-Jun-2022 |
Citation: | Silva, A.F., Clemente, F.M., Badicu, G., Zangla, D., Silva, R., Greco, G., Ceylan, H.I., Alves, J., Fischetti, F. & Cataldi, S.(2022). Analysis of the sustainability of long-term detraining caused by COVID-19 lockdown: impact on the maximal aerobic speed of under-16 soccer players. Sustainability, 14(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137821 |
Abstract: | This retrospective cohort study aimed to analyze the effect of a 9-week detraining caused by COVID-19 lock-down on the maximal aerobic speed (MAS) of youth soccer players. The study included twenty-two under-16 male players competing at the national league level (15.4 ± 0.7 years old) who were analyzed pre and post the detraining period. The MAS was estimated using the Bronco’s test. Moreover, the self-regulated physical exercise performed by the players during the lockdown was monitored using a questionnaire. Considering the training volume per week, the players were grouped into those working more (>180 min/week) and those working less (<180 min/week) during the lockdown. Within-group changes revealed no significant differences (p = 0.122; d = 0.381) in the group that self-trained less than 180 min/week started (pre-lockdown) at 3.97 ± 0.29 m/s and ended (post-lockdown) at 3.85 ± 0.34 m/s, corresponding to a decrease of 3.02%. For those who self-trained more than 180 min/week during the lockdown, they started with 4.33 ± 0.28 m/s and decreased by 1.62% for 4.26 ± 0.28 m/s (p = 0.319; d = 0.250). The team as a whole (pooled data, all players included) decreased 2.27% from 4.15 ± 0.34 to 4.06 ± 0.37 m/s (p = 0.077; d = 0.321). Between group analysis revealed that the group of players that trained more than 180 min/weeks were significantly better than players working below 180 min/week in both pre-lockdown moment (+9.01%; p = 0.007; d = 1.263) and post-lockdown moment (10.6%; p = 0.006; d = 1.323). Home-based training can be a good strategy to mitigate the detraining effects caused by a lockdown. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/3645 |
ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
Appears in Collections: | ESDL - Artigos indexados à WoS/Scopus |
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