Elite young soccer players have smaller inter-limb asymmetry and better body composition than non-elite players

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F23%3A10465037" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/23:10465037 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=OZuf3vqCX0" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=OZuf3vqCX0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2023.114840" target="_blank" >10.5114/biolsport.2023.114840</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Elite young soccer players have smaller inter-limb asymmetry and better body composition than non-elite players

Original language description

Body composition (BC) and inter-limb anthropometric asymmetries (LA) may influence the physical performance of soccer players. This study aimed to determine differences in BC and LA among soccer across four performance levels. The study involved 110 male soccer players participating in Czech senior teams who were grouped into four different performance levels (i.e. G1: national team, G2: 1st division, G3: 2nd division, G4: 3rd division). The following BC and LA parameters were compared among groups: body height, body mass, absolute fat-free mass, relative fat-free mass (FFMrel), percentage of fat mass (FM), total body water (TBW), intracellular water (ICW), extracellular water (ECW), phase angle, and bilateral muscle mass differences in the upper and lower extremities. Significant differences were observed in BC parameters among all groups (lambda = 0.06, F75,246 = 5.38, p = 0.01, eta p2 = 0.62). High-performance players (i.e. G1, G2) had significantly (p &lt; 0.01) lower FM than lower performance players (i.e. G3, G4). The lowest values of FFMrel, relative TBW, relative ICW and ECW were detected in the lowest-performance players (i.e. G4). Significantly lower bilateral muscle mass differences were detected in G1 players (2.71 +/- 1.26%; p &lt; 0.01) compared with G4 players (3.95 +/- 1.17%). G1 and G2 players had a higher proportion of muscle mass in the torso (p &lt; 0.01) and upper limbs than G3 and G4 (p &lt; 0.01). Elite and high-performance players have better BC and lower inter-limb anthropometric asymmetries compared with low-performance level players.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-12150S" target="_blank" >GA19-12150S: Morphological, physiological and injury-related predispositions of elite soccer players – A model for talent identification and long term development</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biology of Sport

ISSN

0860-021X

e-ISSN

2083-1862

Volume of the periodical

40

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

265-272

UT code for WoS article

000992559500011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85159807096