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Varley, I. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3607-8921, Ward, M., Thorpe, C., Beardsley, N., Greeves, J., Sale, C. ORCID: 0000-0002-5816-4169 and Saward, C. ORCID: 0000-0001-9363-3410,
2022.
Modelling changes in bone and body composition over a season in elite male footballers.
International Journal of Sports Medicine, 43 (08), pp. 729-739.
ISSN 0172-4622
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Abstract
This study investigated the change in bone and body composition characteristics of elite football players and recreationally active control participants across the course of a season. Forty-six participants (20 footballers and 26 recreationally active controls) were assessed by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography for a range of bone and body composition characteristics at four points over the course of a competitive season. Multilevel modelling was used to examine changes.
Footballers had higher characteristics than controls for 24 out of 29 dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography variables (all p<0.05), however, there was also significant random inter-individual variation in baseline values for all variables, for both footballers and controls (p<0.05). Whole-body bone mineral density, leg and whole-body bone mineral content, tibial bone mass and area (38%) increased across the season in footballers (p<0.05), and there was significant random inter-individual variation in the rate of increase of leg and whole-body bone mineral content (p<0.05).
Whole-body bone mineral density, leg and whole-body bone mineral content, tibial bone mass and area (38%) increased over the course of the season in elite football players. The modelling information on expected changes in bone characteristics provides practitioners with a method of identifying those with abnormal bone response to football training and match-play.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | International Journal of Sports Medicine | ||||||
| Creators: | Varley, I., Ward, M., Thorpe, C., Beardsley, N., Greeves, J., Sale, C. and Saward, C. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Georg Thieme Verlag KG | ||||||
| Date: | July 2022 | ||||||
| Volume: | 43 | ||||||
| Number: | 08 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0172-4622 | ||||||
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| Rights: | © 2022. Thieme. All rights reserved. | ||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||||
| Record created by: | Laura Ward | ||||||
| Date Added: | 21 Jul 2022 08:59 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2023 03:00 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/46653 |
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