Influence of the artificial turf certification on physical performance and muscle damage in football players (QUALTURF PROJECT)
Sanchez-Sanchez J, Felipe JL, Hernandez-Martin A, Viejo-Romero D, Clemente-Suarez VJ, Gallardo L, Garcia-Unanue J
Scientific reports · 2 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Randomized controlled trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
- Government
- European Regional Development Fund
- Government
- Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, Programa Operativo de la Región de Castilla-La Mancha
- Government
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for funding the development of his Ph.D.
- University or hospital
- CIES -International Centre for Sports Studies. João Avelange Research Projects 2018.
- Grants
- European Regional Development Fund (2018/11744)
Based on 5 listed funder(s) and full-text disclosure statement.
Publication
- Published
- 2021-04-21 · Sci Rep · vol. 11 · issue 1 · p. 8625
- Publisher
- Nature Portfolio
- Cited
- 6 citations · more than 64% of similar papers · 0.7× the field average
- References
- 44 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Sports injuries and prevention · Sports Performance and Training · Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Keywords
- Sprint, Certification, Football players, Muscle damage, Football, Animal science, Medicine, Physical therapy, Biology, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- muscles, humans, risk factors, soccer, adult, certification, male, athletic performance, young adult, physical functional performance
7 authors
From ES
- Javier Sánchez‐SánchezUniversidad Europea de Madrid
- José Luis Felipe · correspondingUniversidad Europea de Madrid
- Antonio Hernández-MartínUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha
- David Viejo-RomeroUniversidad Europea de Madrid
- Vicente Javier Clemente‐SuárezUniversidad Europea de Madrid
- Leonor GallardoUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha
Abstract
This study aimed to analyse the influence of the FIFA Quality PRO certification of artificial turf pitches on the physical, physiological performance and muscle damage in soccer players. Fifteen healthy male players (21.2 ± 1.4 years; 178.2 ± 4.3 cm; 79.1 ± 8.3 kg) from a university football team were selected to participate in the research. Mechanical properties related to surface-player interaction were assessed on the two surfaces selected for this study. A randomized design was used and the players performed the Ball-sport Endurance and Sprint Test (BEAST90) on the different artificial turf fields. Average time of the 20 m sprints was longer on the FIFA Quality Pro surface than on the non-certified pitch (+ 0.13 s; p 0.05; CI 95% 66.54 to 326.61; ES: 1.645) were evidenced in the non-certified pitch surface. In response to a simulated match protocol, markers of post-exercise muscle damage may be reduced on accredited artificial turf fields. These insights can provide the opportunity to maximize the efficiency of training sessions and reduce the risk of injury during the season.
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