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Match Loads May Predict Neuromuscular Fatigue and Intermittent-Running Endurance Capacity Decrement after a Soccer Match

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  • Diego Marqués-Jiménez

    (Valoración del Rendimiento Deportivo, Actividad Física y Salud y Lesiones Deportivas (REDAFLED), Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education, University of Valladolid, 42004 Soria, Spain)

  • Julio Calleja-González

    (Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education & Sport, University of the Basque Country, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

  • Iñaki Arratibel-Imaz

    (Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education & Sport, University of the Basque Country, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
    Sports Medicine Center Tolosa Kirol Medikuntza, 20400 Tolosa, Spain)

  • Nicolás Terrados

    (Regional Unit of Sports Medicine of the Principality of Asturias (URMD), 33401 Avilés, Spain
    Health Research Institute of the Principality of Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Spain)

Abstract

How the match-derived load metrics relate to post-match fatigue in soccer is scarcely researched. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the associations between soccer match-related internal and external loads, neuromuscular performance decrease and intermittent-running endurance capacity decrement immediately post-match. Vertical jump (countermovement jump), straight-line sprinting (10- and 20-m sprint), change of direction ability (T-test) and intermittent-running endurance capacity (YO-YO intermittent recovery level 2) were measured one day before and immediately after a friendly match in male soccer players. During the match, players’ internal and external loads were also monitored, including heart rate-derived indices, total distance at various speed thresholds, average running velocity, maximal running velocity, number of sprints and number of accelerations and decelerations at various intensity thresholds. The results show that match-induced fatigue was reflected on neuromuscular performance and intermittent-running endurance capacity immediately post-match ( p < 0.05). The quantification of percentage change of match external-load metrics, particularly accelerations and decelerations, provides a useful non-invasive predictor of subsequent neuromuscular fatigue status in soccer players immediately post-match ( p < 0.05). However, only internal load metrics present a practical application for predicting intermittent-running endurance capacity impairment ( p < 0.05). In summary, internal and external load metrics may allow for predicting the extent of acute fatigue, and variability between halves may represent a valuable alternative to facilitate the analysis of match-related fatigue both for research and applied purposes.

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  • Diego Marqués-Jiménez & Julio Calleja-González & Iñaki Arratibel-Imaz & Nicolás Terrados, 2022. "Match Loads May Predict Neuromuscular Fatigue and Intermittent-Running Endurance Capacity Decrement after a Soccer Match," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(22), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:22:p:15390-:d:979275
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