TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiovascular health profile of elite female football players compared to untrained controls before and after short-term football training
AU - Randers, Morten Bredsgaard
AU - Andersen, Lars Juel
AU - Orntoft, Christina
AU - Bendiksen, Mads
AU - Johansen, Lars
AU - Horton, Joshua
AU - Hansen, Peter Riis
AU - Krustrup, Peter
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - Abstract This study examined the intermittent exercise performance and cardiovascular health profile in elite female football players in comparison to untrained young women, as well as a subgroup subjected to football training 2x1 h · week(-1) for 16 weeks. Twenty-seven Danish national team players (elite trained, ET) and 28 untrained women (UT) underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-scanning (DXA), comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography, treadmill and Yo-Yo Intermittent Endurance level 2 (IE2) testing. Eight women in UT were also tested after the football training period. Maximal oxygen uptake rate (VO2max), peak ventilation and peak lactate were 40, 18 and 51% higher (P
AB - Abstract This study examined the intermittent exercise performance and cardiovascular health profile in elite female football players in comparison to untrained young women, as well as a subgroup subjected to football training 2x1 h · week(-1) for 16 weeks. Twenty-seven Danish national team players (elite trained, ET) and 28 untrained women (UT) underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-scanning (DXA), comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography, treadmill and Yo-Yo Intermittent Endurance level 2 (IE2) testing. Eight women in UT were also tested after the football training period. Maximal oxygen uptake rate (VO2max), peak ventilation and peak lactate were 40, 18 and 51% higher (P
U2 - 10.1080/02640414.2013.792950
DO - 10.1080/02640414.2013.792950
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23829646
SN - 0264-0414
VL - 31
SP - 1421
EP - 1431
JO - Journal of Sports Sciences
JF - Journal of Sports Sciences
IS - 13
ER -