TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiovascular function is better in veteran football players than age-matched untrained elderly healthy men
AU - Schmidt, Jakob Friis
AU - Andersen, Thomas Rostgaard
AU - Andersen, Lars Juel
AU - Randers, Morten Bredsgaard
AU - Hornstrup, Therese
AU - Hansen, Peter Riis
AU - Bangsbo, Jens
AU - Krustrup, Peter
N1 - CURIS 2015 NEXS 043
Artiklen er publiceret online 4/12-2013.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - The aim of the study was to determine whether lifelong football training may improve cardiovascular function, physical fitness, and body composition. Our subjects were 17 male veteran football players (VPG; 68.1±2.1 years) and 26 healthy age-matched untrained men who served as a control group (CG; 68.2±3.2 years). Examinations included measurements of cardiac function, microvascular endothelial function [reactive hyperemic index (RHI)], maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), and body composition. In VPG, left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volume was 20% larger (P<0.01) and LV ejection fraction was higher (P<0.001). Tissue Doppler imaging revealed an augmented LV longitudinal displacement, i.e., LV shortening of 21% (P<0.001) and longitudinal 2D strain was 12% higher (P<0.05), in VPG. In VPG, resting heart rate was lower (6bpm, P<0.05), and VO2max was higher (18%, P<0.05). In addition, RHI was 21% higher (P<0.05) in VPG. VPG also had lower body mass index (P<0.05), body fat percentage, total body fat mass, android fat percentage, and gynoid fat percentage (all P<0.01). Lifelong participation in football training is associated with better LV systolic function, physical fitness, microvascular function, and a healthier body composition. Overall, VPG have better cardiovascular function compared with CG, which may reduce their cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
AB - The aim of the study was to determine whether lifelong football training may improve cardiovascular function, physical fitness, and body composition. Our subjects were 17 male veteran football players (VPG; 68.1±2.1 years) and 26 healthy age-matched untrained men who served as a control group (CG; 68.2±3.2 years). Examinations included measurements of cardiac function, microvascular endothelial function [reactive hyperemic index (RHI)], maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), and body composition. In VPG, left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volume was 20% larger (P<0.01) and LV ejection fraction was higher (P<0.001). Tissue Doppler imaging revealed an augmented LV longitudinal displacement, i.e., LV shortening of 21% (P<0.001) and longitudinal 2D strain was 12% higher (P<0.05), in VPG. In VPG, resting heart rate was lower (6bpm, P<0.05), and VO2max was higher (18%, P<0.05). In addition, RHI was 21% higher (P<0.05) in VPG. VPG also had lower body mass index (P<0.05), body fat percentage, total body fat mass, android fat percentage, and gynoid fat percentage (all P<0.01). Lifelong participation in football training is associated with better LV systolic function, physical fitness, microvascular function, and a healthier body composition. Overall, VPG have better cardiovascular function compared with CG, which may reduce their cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
U2 - 10.1111/sms.12153
DO - 10.1111/sms.12153
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24303918
SN - 0905-7188
VL - 25
SP - 61
EP - 69
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
IS - 1
ER -