Is Recreational Soccer Effective for Improving ? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Z Milanović, S Pantelić, N Čović, G Sporiš, P Krustrup - Sports Medicine, 2015 - Springer
Background Soccer is the most popular sport worldwide, with a long history and currently
more than 500 million active participants, of whom 300 million are registered football club …

Recreational football for disease prevention and treatment in untrained men: a narrative review examining cardiovascular health, lipid profile, body composition …

J Bangsbo, PR Hansen, J Dvorak… - British journal of sports …, 2015 - bjsm.bmj.com
Over the past 10 years, researchers have studied the effects of recreational football training
as a health-promoting activity for participants across the lifespan. This has important public …

Health promotion: the impact of beliefs of health benefits, social relations and enjoyment on exercise continuation

G Nielsen, JM Wikman, CJ Jensen… - … journal of medicine …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to explore how and why participants in structured exercise
intervention programs continue or stop exercising after the program is finished. We …

Can we consider changes in sports participation as institutional change? A conceptual framework

J Borgers, M Pilgaard, B Vanreusel… - … review for the …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The aim of this paper is to gain conceptual understanding of changes in leisure-time sports
participation (LTSP) as an issue of institutional change. The study is elaborated in the LTSP …

Effects of recreational football on women's fitness and health: adaptations and mechanisms

P Krustrup, EW Helge, PR Hansen, P Aagaard… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The review describes the fitness and health effects of recreational football in women aged
18–65 years. The review documents that 2× 1 h of recreational football training for 12–16 …

The “Football is Medicine” platform—scientific evidence, large‐scale implementation of evidence‐based concepts and future perspectives

P Krustrup, CA Williams, M Mohr… - … journal of medicine …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The idea that football can be used as therapy and as a highintensity and literally breath-
taking training regime goes back centuries. To take one prominent example, the French …

The organization of club football in Denmark–a contemporary profile

S Bennike, RK Storm, JM Wikman, LS Ottesen - Soccer & Society, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article provides an understanding of the organization of Danish club football, including
both grassroots and professional activities. We do this by analysing how it has developed …

A study on the frequency of participation and time spent on sport in different organisational settings

J Borgers, K Breedveld… - European Sport …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Research question: As a result of the expansion of opportunities for leisure-time sport
participation (LTSP), the question arises if differing organisational settings relate to …

Cardiovascular and metabolic health effects of team handball training in overweight women: Impact of prior experience

T Hornstrup, S Póvoas, JW Helge… - … journal of medicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose We tested the hypothesis that participation in small‐sided team handball training
could provide beneficial effects on cardiovascular and metabolic parameters in overweight …

Which wider social roles? An analysis of social roles ascribed to voluntary sports clubs

M Waardenburg - European journal for sport and society, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
It has long been established that voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) are ascribed a prominent
social role by governments. Several scholars highlight the ascribed social values in sport …