The effect of post-match resistance training on recovery in female footballers; when is best to train?

Karine Naves de Oliveira Goulart; Bruno Couto; Geraldo Oliveira Carvalho Junior; Eduardo Mendonça Pimenta; Rob Duffield

doi:10.1080/24733938.2020.1831695

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The effect of post-match resistance training on recovery in female footballers; when is best to train?

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The effect of post-match resistance training on recovery in female footballers; when is best to train?

Karine Naves de Oliveira Goulart, Bruno Couto, Geraldo Oliveira Carvalho Junior, Eduardo Mendonça Pimenta and Rob Duffield

Science and Medicine in Football, Vol.5(3), pp.208-215

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2020.1831695

PMID: 35077296

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Abstract

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Objective: This study examined the effects of resistance training (RT) performed at 24 or 48h post-match on recovery in female soccer players. Methods: In a randomized cross-over design, 10 professional female soccer players undertook matches followed by three conditions: Control (no RT), RT-24h and RT-48h post-match. RT was a high-speed and low-load session, consisting of 3 sets of 6 repetitions of lower-body exercises at 50%1RM. During training, one exercise (half-squat) was performed on a force platform to determine mean and peak forces. Tests were undertaken pre, 24, 48 and 72h post-match including countermovement jump (CMJ), 20m sprint, C-reactive protein (CRP) and delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Two-way repeated-measures ANOVA and Effect size (ES) analyses compared the time-course of recovery. Results: Despite no significant differences between conditions, ES for changes from pre to 72h were larger for CMJ, 10 and 20m sprint time, and DOMS in RT48h (ES=0.38–2.13) than in RT24h (ES=0.08–0.66) and in Control (ES=0.09–0.36). No differences in forces of half-squat exercise existed between conditions (p>0.05; ES=0.05–0.06). Conclusion: The trend for suppressed recovery of speed, power and perceptual responses at 72h post-match suggests RT48h is less ideal in female soccer players, particularly during congested micro-cycles.

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Title: The effect of post-match resistance training on recovery in female footballers; when is best to train?
Authors: Karine Naves de Oliveira Goulart (Corresponding Author) - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Bruno Couto - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Geraldo Oliveira Carvalho Junior - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Eduardo Mendonça Pimenta - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Rob Duffield - University of Technology Sydney
Publication details: Science and Medicine in Football, Vol.5(3), pp.208-215
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1080/24733938.2020.1831695
ISSN: 2473-4446
PMID: 35077296
Grant note: This study was conducted in the Load Evaluation Laboratory/UFMG – Brazil. This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. The authors thank CAPES, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais- (FAPEMIG/Minas Gerais/Brazil), National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq/Brazil) and the Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa (PRPQ) [Research Pro-Rectory] from the UFMG.
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991266494402621
Output Type: Journal article

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