Exercise performance and cardiovascular health variables in 70-year-old male soccer players compared to endurance-trained, strength-trained and untrained age-matched men

Morten Bredsgaard Randers, Jesper Løvind Andersen, Jesper Petersen, Emil Sundstrup, Markus D Jakobsen, Jens Bangsbo, Bengt Saltin, Peter Krustrup

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Abstract The aim was to investigate performance variables and indicators of cardiovascular health profile in elderly soccer players (SP, n = 11) compared to endurance-trained (ET, n = 8), strength-trained (ST, n = 7) and untrained (UT, n = 7) age-matched men. The 33 men aged 65-85 years underwent a testing protocol including measurements of cycle performance, maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and body composition, and muscle fibre types and capillarisation were determined from m. vastus lateralis biopsy. In SP, time to exhaustion was longer (16.3 ± 2.0 min; P 
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Sports Sciences
Volume32
Issue number13
Pages (from-to)1300-1308
Number of pages9
ISSN0264-0414
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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