Effect of Training Load on Post-Exercise Cardiac Troponin T Elevations in Young Soccer Players

Rafel Cirer-Sastre, Alejandro Legaz-Arrese, Francisco Corbi, Isaac López-Laval, Jose Puente-Lanzarote, Vicenç Hernández-González and Joaquín Reverter-Masià
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Rafel Cirer-Sastre: National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Lleida (UdL), Partida la Caparrella s/n, E-25192 Lleida, Spain
Alejandro Legaz-Arrese: Section of Physical Education and Sports, University of Zaragoza, Calle de Pedro Cerbuna, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Francisco Corbi: National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Lleida (UdL), Partida la Caparrella s/n, E-25192 Lleida, Spain
Isaac López-Laval: Section of Physical Education and Sports, University of Zaragoza, Calle de Pedro Cerbuna, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Jose Puente-Lanzarote: Lozano Blesa University Hospital, Avda. San Juan Bosco, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Vicenç Hernández-González: Research Group Human Movement (RGHM), Universitat de Lleida (UdL), Plaça de Víctor Siurana, 25003 Lleida, Spain
Joaquín Reverter-Masià: Research Group Human Movement (RGHM), Universitat de Lleida (UdL), Plaça de Víctor Siurana, 25003 Lleida, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 23, 1-10

Abstract: Training load (TL) metrics are usually assessed to estimate the individual, physiological and psychological, acute, and adaptive responses to training. Cardiac troponins (cTn) reflect myocardial damage and are routinely analyzed for the clinical diagnosis of myocardial injury. The association between TL and post-exercise cTn elevations is scarcely investigated in young athletes, especially after playing common team sports such as soccer. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between TL measurements during a small-sided soccer game and the subsequent increase in cTn in young players. Twenty male soccer players (age 11.9 ± 2 years, height 151 ± 13 cm, weight 43 ± 13 kg) were monitored during a 5 × 5 small-sided game and had blood samples drawn before, immediately after, and 3 h after exercise for a posterior analysis of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT). Internal, external, and mixed metrics of TL were obtained from the rating of perceived exertion (RPE), heart rate (HR), and GPS player tracking. The results show that the concentration of hs-cTnT peaked at 3 h post-exercise in all participants. The magnitude of hs-cTnT elevation was mainly explained by the exercise duration in the maximal heart rate zone (Maximum Probability of Effect (MPE) = 92.5%), time in the high-speed zone (MPE = 90.4 %), and distance in the high-speed zone (MPE = 90.45%). Our results support the idea that common metrics of TL in soccer, easily obtained using player tracking systems, are strongly associated with the release of hs-cTnT in children and adolescents.

Keywords: cardiac biomarkers; exercise physiology; maturation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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