The impact of regular football training on bone turnover markers
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Students’ Science Club of Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy Kinezis, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland
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Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland
Submission date: 2020-10-07
Final revision date: 2020-10-20
Acceptance date: 2020-11-21
Publication date: 2025-11-26
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Kacper Pajor
Students’ Science Club of Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy Kinezis, Pomeranian Medical University, ul. Żołnierska 54, 71-210 Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
Issue Rehabil. Orthop. Neurophysiol. Sport Promot. 2020;33
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Introduction
The condition of the skeleton is important not only in the perspective of osteoporosis prevention, but also as a factor affecting the frequency of injuries excluding physical activity. Monitoring the impact of specific sports on osteoclasts and osteoblasts acitivity allows optimization of programming of physical activity limiting the risk of bone mineralization disorders. The review analyzes available papers on the impact of regular football training on skeletal physiology changes analyzed by measuring bone turnover markers in the body.
Aim
Determining the impact of regular football training on bone mass regulation by analyzing bone turnover markers.
Material and methods
PubMed and SPORTDiscus with Full Text databases were searched using the keyword combination "the name of team sport" + "bone turnover". There were no clinical trials among handball, hockey, basketball and volleyball players in the available literature that met the inclusion criteria, so the topic of the review was narrowed down to football (soccer). After applying the exclusion criteria, 5 studies were qualified.
Results
In the analyzed papers, the concentration of osteocalcin, N-terminal procollagen type I extension propeptide and C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen in blood increased as a result of regular football training. In 3 papers statistically significant (p <0.05) increases were noted.
Conclusions
Football training can stimulate bone metabolism, being an attractive form of bone fracture prevention, regardless of your level of sport. Due to the limited availability of studies, there is a high need for further studies describing the impact of physical activity on bone metabolism.