Characterization of Hamstring and Quadriceps Neuromuscular Fatigue After Soccer Game

Characterization of Hamstring and Quadriceps Neuromuscular Fatigue After Different Modality of Training in Soccer Players

This is a monocentric study comparing hamstring and quadriceps neuromuscular fatigue after simulated soccer game, anaerobic and aerobic training sessions. The purpose of this study was:

1. To quantify the decrease of isometric force immediately after a simulate soccer game.
2. To characterize peripheral and central fatigue between hamstring and quadriceps muscles and described the kinetics of recovery after specific tasks of soccer training.
3. To compare the level neuromuscular fatigue induced by anaerobic and aerobic training.
4. To highlight correlation between neuromuscular fatigue and performance markers.

Inclusion Criteria:

• male
• age limits: minimum: 16 ; maximum: 40 years old
• to be a soccer player, licensed to the French Football Federation
• affiliation to the social health insurance scheme
• signing an informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• impossibility to give the subject enlightened information (subject in emergency situation, difficulties in understanding the study, …)
• subject under the protection of justice
• subject under guardianship or curatorship
• lower limbs musculotendinous or articular problems
• smoker or having been a smoker in the last 5 years
• subject wearing a pacemaker
• drug treatment in progress and impossibility to stop it within 7 days before the beginning of the study.