Background Understanding soccer players' match-related fatigue and recovery profiles likely
helps with developing conditioning programs that increase team performance and reduce …

The increase in competition demands in elite team sports over recent years has prompted
much attention from researchers and practitioners to the monitoring of adaptation and …

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the conditions for competitive football around the
globe dramatically. Several competitions and leagues have been cancelled or postponed …

Background Fixture congestion (defined as a minimum of two successive bouts of match-
play, with an inter-match recovery period of< 96 h) is a frequent and contemporary issue in …

Specific guidelines that aim to facilitate the recovery of soccer players from the demands of
training and a congested fixture schedule are lacking; especially in relation to evidence …

The study of exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) is of paramount importance not only
because it affects athletic performance but also because it is an excellent model to study the …

Participation in soccer match-play leads to acute and transient subjective, biochemical,
metabolic and physical disturbances in players over subsequent hours and days …

Blood test data were traditionally confined to the clinic for diagnostic purposes, but are now
becoming more routinely used in many professional and elite high-performance settings as …

Background The association between match congestion and injury rates in professional
football has yielded conflicting results. Aim To analyse associations between match …

Dietary supplements are widely used as a nutritional strategy to improve and maintain
performance and achieve faster recovery in sports and exercise. Exercise-induced muscle …