TY - JOUR
T1 - Recovery Kinetics of Knee Flexor and Extensor Strength after a Football Match
AU - Draganidis, Dimitrios
AU - Chatzinikolaou, Athanasios
AU - Avloniti, Alexandra
AU - Barbero-Álvarez, José C.
AU - Mohr, Magni
AU - Malliou, Paraskevi
AU - Gourgoulis, Vassilios
AU - Deli, Chariklia K.
AU - Douroudos, Ioannis I.
AU - Margonis, Konstantinos
AU - Gioftsidou, Asimenia
AU - Flouris, Andreas D.
AU - Jamurtas, Athanasios Z.
AU - Koutedakis, Yiannis
AU - Fatouros, Ioannis G.
PY - 2015/6/4
Y1 - 2015/6/4
N2 - We examined the temporal changes of isokinetic strength performance of knee flexor (KF) and extensor (KE) strength after a football match. Players were randomly assigned to a control (N = 14, participated only in measurements and practices) or an experimental group (N = 20, participated also in a football match). Participants trained daily during the two days after the match. Match and training overload was monitored with GPS devices. Venous blood was sampled and muscle damage was assessed pre-match, post-match and at 12h, 36h and 60h post-match. Isometric strength as well as eccentric and concentric peak torque of knee flexors and extensors in both limbs (dominant and non-dominant) were measured on an isokinetic dynamometer at baseline and at 12h, 36h and 60h after the match. Functional (KFecc/KEcon) and conventional (KFcon/KEcon) ratios were then calculated. Only eccentric peak torque of knee flexors declined at 60h after the match in the control group. In the experimental group: a) isometric strength of knee extensors and knee flexors declined (P
AB - We examined the temporal changes of isokinetic strength performance of knee flexor (KF) and extensor (KE) strength after a football match. Players were randomly assigned to a control (N = 14, participated only in measurements and practices) or an experimental group (N = 20, participated also in a football match). Participants trained daily during the two days after the match. Match and training overload was monitored with GPS devices. Venous blood was sampled and muscle damage was assessed pre-match, post-match and at 12h, 36h and 60h post-match. Isometric strength as well as eccentric and concentric peak torque of knee flexors and extensors in both limbs (dominant and non-dominant) were measured on an isokinetic dynamometer at baseline and at 12h, 36h and 60h after the match. Functional (KFecc/KEcon) and conventional (KFcon/KEcon) ratios were then calculated. Only eccentric peak torque of knee flexors declined at 60h after the match in the control group. In the experimental group: a) isometric strength of knee extensors and knee flexors declined (P
KW - sports
KW - body limbs
KW - knees
KW - torque
KW - running
KW - heart rate
KW - acceleration
KW - fatigue
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0128072
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0128072
M3 - Article
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 10
SP - e0128072
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 6
ER -