Time Course of Performance Indexes, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Muscle Damage Markers after a Female Futsal Match

• Published in: Sports (Basel) 2023-06, Vol.11 (7), p.127
• Main Authors: Souglis, Athanasios, Bourdas, Dimitrios I, Gioldasis, Aristotelis, Ispirlidis, Ioannis, Philippou, Anastassios, Zacharakis, Emmanouil, Apostolidis, Alexandros, Efthymiou, Georgios, Travlos, Antonios K
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Analysis; Antioxidants; Biomarkers; Cytokines; Exercise; Females; Football; games; Inflammation; Injuries; injury; Intervention; Kinases; Males; Menstruation; Muscle diseases; Musculoskeletal system; Oxidative stress; physical activity; Physical fitness; recovery; Soccer; sport; Sports sciences; Women athletes
• ISSN: 2075-4663; 2075-4663
• DOI: 10.3390/sports11070127

Our aims were to investigate the time-course effects of a futsal match on performance, oxidative stress, and muscle damage markers, as well as inflammatory and antioxidant responses during a 6-day post-match period. Thirty-four female high-level futsal players were assessed on several oxidative stress, inflammation, subjective muscle soreness, subjective rate perceived exertion, and performance tests before a futsal match, immediately after, and 24 h to 144 h after. Counter movement jump, 20 m, and 10 m sprints performance significantly decreased immediately after the match ( < 0.05) and returned to baseline 72 h post-match ( > 0.05). Delayed onset muscle soreness peaked 24 h post-match and rate perceived exertion peaked post-match ( < 0.05) and returned to baseline 96 h post-match ( > 0.05). Inflammatory biomarkers peaked at 24 h ( < 0.05) and remained significantly elevated for 72 h after the match ( < 0.05). Muscle damage biomarkers peaked at 24 h ( < 0.05) and remained significantly ( < 0.05) elevated for at least 72 h after the match. Oxidative stress markers peaked at 24 h-48 h ( < 0.05) and returned to baseline 120 h post-match ( > 0.05). In respect to antioxidant responses, these peaked at 24 h-48 h post-match ( < 0.05) and returned to baseline 120 h after the match ( > 0.05). A single futsal match induces short/mid-term changes in performance, inflammation, oxidative stress, and muscle damage markers for about 72 h-96 h post-match.