Long-term musculoskeletal and cardiac health effects of recreational football and running for premenopausal women

Peter Krustrup, Peter Riis Hansen, Lars Juel Andersen, Markus Due Jakobsen, E Sundstrup, Morten Bredsgaard Randers Thomsen, Lasse Christiansen, Eva Wulff Helge, Mogens Theisen Pedersen, Peter Søgaard, Anne Gram Junge, J Dvorak, Per Aagaard, Jens Bangsbo, Morten Bredsgaard Randers

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Abstract

We examined long-term musculoskeletal and cardiac adaptations elicited by recreational football (FG, n=9) and running (RG, n=10) in untrained premenopausal women in comparison with a control group (CG, n=9). Training was performed for 16 months ( approximately 2 weekly 1-h sessions). For FG, right and left ventricular end-diastolic diameters were increased by 24% and 5% (P
Original languageEnglish
JournalScandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
Volume20
Issue numberSuppl. 1
Pages (from-to)58-71
Number of pages14
ISSN0905-7188
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2010

Keywords

  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Adult
  • Denmark
  • Female
  • Heart Function Tests
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Strength
  • Musculoskeletal System
  • Physical Fitness
  • Recreation
  • Running
  • Soccer
  • Young Adult

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