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Physiology
Ciaran Deely, Jamie Tallent, Ross Bennett, Alex Woodhead, Stuart Goodall, Kevin Thomas, Glyn Howatson
Summary: The aim of this study was to profile the etiology and recovery time-course of neuromuscular function in professional academy soccer players. The researchers found that strenuous training led to a decrease in muscle strength and contractile function, but did not significantly affect mood, perceptual measures, or cognitive function.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Savvas Kritikos, Konstantinos Papanikolaou, Dimitrios Draganidis, Athanasios Poulios, Kalliopi Georgakouli, Panagiotis Tsimeas, Theofanis Tzatzakis, Dimitrios Batsilas, Alexios Batrakoulis, Chariklia K. Deli, Athanasios Chatzinikolaou, Magni Mohr, Athanasios Z. Jamurtas, Ioannis G. Fatouros
Summary: Increasing daily protein intake to 1.5 g/kg through ingestion of either whey or soy protein supplements mitigates field performance deterioration during successive speed-endurance training sessions without affecting exercise-induced muscle damage and redox status markers.
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF SPORTS NUTRITION
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Silvana Loana de Oliveira-Sousa, Martha Cecilia Leon-Garzon, Mariano Gacto-Sanchez, Alfonso Javier Ibanez-Vera, Luis Espejo-Antunez, Felipe Leon-Morillas
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of inspiratory muscle training on static balance and respiratory muscle function in soccer players. The results showed that inspiratory muscle training did not improve static balance in soccer players. Further large-scale studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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Physiology
Christina A. Liakou, Ioannis G. Fatouros, Athanasios Poulios, Themistoklis Tsatalas, Evangeli Karampina, Panagiota Karanika, Despoina Kaloudi, Anastasia Rosvoglou, Panagiotis Tsimeas, Anna Kamperi, Niki Syrou, Athanasios Gatsas, Konstantinos Papanikolaou, Dimitrios Draganidis, Panagiotis Tsaklis, Giannis Giakas, Athanasios Z. Jamurtas, Chariklia K. Deli
Summary: The study indicates that both unresisted and resisted sprint training can lead to prolonged reduction in muscle strength and sprinting performance, as well as increased DOMS and CK levels.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
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Physiology
Elena M. Yee, Carson T. Hauser, Jonathan J. Petrocelli, Naomi M. M. P. de Hart, Patrick J. Ferrara, Princess Bombyck, Zachary J. Fennel, Lisha van Onselen, Sohom Mookerjee, Katsuhiko Funai, J. David Symons, Micah J. Drummond
Summary: This study found that 12 weeks of treadmill training in old male mice improved endothelial function, physical performance, and overall body composition, but had limited impact on skeletal muscle remodeling at baseline or in response to recovery following disuse atrophy.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
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Physiology
Konstantinos Papanikolaou, Panagiotis Tsimeas, Angeliki Anagnostou, Alexandros Varypatis, Christos Mourikis, Theofanis Tzatzakis, Dimitrios Draganidis, Dimitrios Batsilas, Theodoros Mersinias, Georgios Loules, Athanasios Poulios, Chariklia K. Deli, Alexios Batrakoulis, Athanasios Chatzinikolaou, Magni Mohr, Athanasios Z. Jamurtas, Ioannis G. Fatouros
Summary: The study found that small-sided games (SSGs) are associated with a prolonged rise of exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) and induce short-term neuromuscular fatigue, leading to slow recovery kinetics of strength, jump, and sprinting performance. The time for complete recovery is longer for SSGs of lower density.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE
(2021)
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Physiology
Hakan Yapici, Mehmet Gulu, Fatma Hilal Yagin, Dondu Ugurlu, Ertan Comertpay, Oguz Eroglu, Melike Kocoglu, Monira I. I. Aldhahi, Raci Karayigit, Sameer Badri AL-Mhanna
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the combined effects of chocolate milk consumption and resistance training on muscle hypertrophy, body composition, and maximal strength in untrained healthy men. The results showed that the group who consumed chocolate milk along with resistance training had significantly greater improvements in muscle thickness, maximal strength, body composition, and peak power compared to the group who only did resistance training. Chocolate milk consumption can be considered as a suitable post-exercise nutritional supplement for enhancing muscle performance.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Kevin Bischof, Savvas Stafilidis, Larissa Bundschuh, Steffen Oesser, Arnold Baca, Daniel Koenig
Summary: This study investigated the effects of longer-term collagen peptide supplementation combined with training on recovery markers. The results showed that combining collagen peptide supplementation and training significantly improved markers of maximal, explosive, and reactive strength. This improvement may be due to the remodeling of the extracellular matrix facilitated by collagen peptide intake, leading to enhanced generation of explosive force.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shahnaz Hasan
Summary: This study compared the effects of plyometric training (PT) and strength training on muscle strength, sprint, and lower limb functional performance in soccer players. It found that strength training was more effective than PT in improving muscle strength, sprint, and lower limb functional performance in male soccer players.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alexandra Hajati, Mario Brondani, Lina Angerstig, Victoria Klein, Linda Liljeblad, Essam Ahmed Al-Moraissi, Sofia Louca Jounger, Bruna Brondani, Nikolaos Christidis
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of ingesting different percentages of cocoa products on experimentally induced pain. The results showed that chocolate intake significantly reduced pain intensity, regardless of the type of chocolate. Men exhibited a greater reduction in pain after consuming white chocolate compared to women. The positive effect of chocolate on pain may be attributed to a combination of preference, taste-experience, and not solely the cocoa concentration.
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Sport Sciences
James J. Malone, Daniel Hodges, Craig Roberts, Jonathan K. Sinclair, Richard M. Page, Robert Allan
Summary: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of different levels of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) exposure on post-match recovery in elite soccer players. It was found that increasing the level of chronic WBC exposure had no additional benefit on subjective recovery and alpha amylase response post-match, but there appears to be an optimal chronic WBC dose with regards to IgA response.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Michele Abate, Raffaello Pellegrino, Angelo Di Iorio, Vincenzo Salini
Summary: The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in vitamins, hormones, free radicals, and antioxidant substances during the season and their association with performance improvement after training. The results showed that athletes had better performance after training, but no significant relationships were found between vitamin and hormone levels and the performance improvement. However, there was an indirect relationship between oxidative stress and performance improvement.
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Sport Sciences
Okba Selmi, Ibrahim Ouergui, Danielle E. Levitt, Hamza Marzouki, Beat Knechtle, Pantelis Nikolaidis, Anissa Bouassida
Summary: The study found that an intensified training period in soccer led to neuromuscular fatigue, muscle damage, and changes in biochemical markers. Training load was correlated with recovery state and well-being among professional soccer players.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Parisa Banaei, Vahid Tadibi, Ehsan Amiri, Daniel Gomes da Silva Machado
Summary: This randomized, double-blind, and sham-controlled study found that the combined use of acute dark chocolate consumption and dual-site transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve cognitive and endurance performance in hypoxic conditions.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Rafael Sanchez-Salas, Rafael Tourinho-Barbosa, Arjun Sivaraman, Rafael Castilho Borges, Luigi Candela, Nathalie Cathala, Annick Mombet, Giancarlo Marra, Lara Rodriguez Sanchez, Chahrazad Bey Boumezrag, Camille Lanz, Petr Macek, Fernando Korkes, Xavier Cathelineau
Summary: Pelvic floor muscle training and duloxetine have limited impact on improving urinary continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), while complete preservation of neurovascular bundles (NVB) is the primary determinant for early urinary continence recovery.