Cardiac Troponin T Release after Football 7 in Healthy Children and Adults

Rafel Cirer-Sastre, Alejandro Legaz-Arrese, Francisco Corbi, Isaac López-Laval, Juan José Puente-Lanzarote, Vicenç Hernández-González and Joaquin Reverter-Masia
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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
Juan José 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
Joaquin Reverter-Masia: Research Group Human Movement (RGHM), Universitat de Lleida (UdL), Plaça de Víctor Siurana, 25003 Lleida, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 3, 1-9

Abstract: The objective of this study was to compare the release of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) after a football 7 match between two cohorts of children and adult players. Thirty-six male football players (children = 24, adult = 12) played a football 7 match, and cTnT was measured before, and 3 h after exercise. Concentrations of cTnT were compared between groups and time, and correlated with participants’ characteristics, as well as internal and external exercise load. Cardiac troponin T was elevated in all participants ( p < 0.001), and exceeded the upper reference limit for myocardial infarction in 25 (~70%) of them. Baseline concentrations were higher in adults ( p < 0.001), but the elevation of cTnT was comparable between the groups ( p = 0.37). Age ( p < 0.001), body mass ( p = 0.001) and height ( p < 0.001), and training experience ( p = 0.001) were associated to baseline cTnT values, while distance ( p < 0.001), mean speed ( p < 0.001), and peak ( p = 0.013) and mean ( p = 0.016) heart rate were associated to the elevation of cTnT. The present study suggests that a football 7 match evoked elevations of cTnT during the subsequent hours in healthy players regardless of their age. However, adults might present higher resting values of cTnT than children. In addition, results suggest that the exercise-induced elevations of cTnT might be mediated by exercise load but not participant characteristics.

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: 2020
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