How has COVID-19 modified training and mood in professional and non-professional football players?

Mon‐López, Daniel; García-Aliaga, Abraham; Bartolomé, Alberto Ginés; Solana, Diego Muriarte

doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113148

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“…The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic by COVID-19 on March 11, 2020, and the most affected countries have limited freedom of movement within cities, generated restrictions, closed spaces (sports facilities, parks, and playgrounds, etc. ), social distancing, hygiene measures, imposed a quarantine and established confinement of citizens to their homes ( Lesser and Nienhuis, 2020 ; López-Bueno et al, 2020b ; Mon-López et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…Regarding gender differences studies tend to indicate that, during the confinement, women had a worse emotional response than men, with women presenting risk factors for poorer mental health in general ( Pieh et al, 2020 ; Rossi et al, 2020 ), as well as in emotional states of irritability, anxiety and distress ( Alsalhe et al, 2020 ; Fu et al, 2020 ; Jaenes et al, 2020 ; Mon-López et al, 2020 ; Xionga et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…During this period of isolation or quarantine, lifestyle and healthy habits have been modified due to individual and environmental differences ( Brooks et al, 2020 ; Constant et al, 2020 ; Ingram et al, 2020 ; Jungmann and Witthöft, 2020 ; Liu et al, 2021 ), as is the case with the variation in frequency and duration of physical activity ( Brand et al, 2020 ; Choi and Bum, 2020 ; Clemente-Suárez et al, 2020 ). Some studies warn that people in general reduced the length (days and hours) and intensity of physical activity during their confinement ( Filho et al, 2020 ; Jimeìnez-Pavoìn et al, 2020 ; Mon-López et al, 2020 ; Xiang et al, 2020 ), mainly during the first week (changes in routines), although it may increase afterward (adaptation of routines) ( López-Bueno et al, 2020b ). COVID-19 home confinement has shown negative changes in population habits, both in terms of intensity levels of physical activity and eating patterns, being the last ones, unhealthier during confinement.…”

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Habits and Psychological Factors Associated With Changes in Physical Activity Due to COVID-19 Confinement

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The confinement that COVID-19 has brought about has had a negative influence on people’s psychological health. However, this impact is not widespread throughout the population, and men and women may be affected differently and it is not known what protective factors may exist. In this sense, physical activity has classically been shown to be a habit associated with psychological health. The study aimed to analyze the impact of confinement on psychological health (psychological well-being, coping, emotions, and perception of daily difficulties), taking into account gender, and perceived changes in physical activity. After the project was approved by the University’s Ethics Commission, the participants, after signing the informed consent, completed the online questionnaires during the days from 6 to 20 April, the time when, in Spain, confinement was in place and the highest peak of deaths and infections from COVID-19 occurred. A total of 457 Spanish participants (247 men and 210 women) were evaluated in psychological well-being, in its adaptation to Spanish, in coping, with the Spanish adaptation of the COPE Inventory, in daily habits and difficulties (ad hoc questionnaire) and the level of physical activity they had (sedentary, active, and federated players) was recorded. Besides, the perceived change in physical activity due to confinement was recorded. The results showed that perceived emotions, difficulties for certain routines, psychological well-being, and coping differed according to sex. On the other hand, depending on the change in physical activity habits, it was observed that participants who increased their physical activity responded differently in the perception of emotions, and difficulties for routines and in psychological well-being. Finally, differences were also observed in most variables between sedentary, active, and federated participants. Results are discussed highlighting the importance of physical activity as a moderating factor of the impact of confinement.

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has resulted in widespread training and competition interruption of team sports. In return to play, in football, one of the primary concerns has been the maintenance of physical qualities, game specific contact skills, and decision-making ability, attenuating the injury risk on resumption of training and competition [ 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Hence, sports medicine professionals were called to provide advice on return to training and competitions after the lockdown [ 1 ].…”

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Playing Non-Professional Football in COVID-19 Time: A Narrative Review of Recommendations, Considerations, and Best Practices

Rico-González

Pino-Ortega

Ardigò

2021

IJERPH

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 resulted in widespread interruption of team sports training and competitions. Our aim was to review the recommendations and best practices in return to play in non-professional football after activity lockdown. The authors searched two electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science) to extract studies published before September 15 2020. Twenty studies explained recommendations, considerations, or best practices in return to play in football, and all of them were clustered into three groups: (1) training load management (n = 10), (2) medical recommendations (n = 9), and (3) recovery related issues (n = 5). The way to establish a progression in training process should be based on training load management and managing the number of stimuli per time. Following the studies, this training process should be divided into three phases: phase 1—physical distancing should be maintained; phases 2 and 3—group training should start. Medical considerations were clustered into different groups: general, pre- and post- training, during training, education, planning to return to competition, and suggestions for post confinement weeks. In particular, social issues, strict hygiene questions, and continuous PCR testing should be considered in return to play over football season. Finally, since a correlation has been found between high-intensive training loads and immunoglobulin A, nutritional and lifestyle recovery strategies should be performed. Moreover, since immunosuppression has been related to congested schedules (<72 h between matches), football federations should avoid this situation.

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“…An earlier study found 13 first-time ACL injuries across the entire 2012 season (Johnson et al, 2016 ). A study investigating sleep in early onset of lockdown in Spain found women to report a greater reduction in sleep quality compared to their male counterparts (Mon-López et al, 2020 ). Given the known relationship between sleep and injury risk, this risk factor should also be considered (Watson, 2017 ).…”

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COVID-19–Considerations for the Female Athlete

Bruinvels

Lewis

Blagrove

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Front. Sports Act. Living

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The SARS CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) caused the whole sporting calendar to be paused. As we embark on the challenge of navigating through the return to play (RTP) process, there is a necessity to consider the needs of all athletes. This commentary specifically considers recommendations and requirements for the female athlete with a physiological emphasis during and following the COVID-19 pandemic, however, it will be relevant for any similar future scenarios that may present. It is important to acknowledge that there remain many unknowns surrounding COVID-19 and the female athlete both in the short- and long-term.

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How has COVID-19 modified training and mood in professional and non-professional football players?

Cited by 80 publications

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Habits and Psychological Factors Associated With Changes in Physical Activity Due to COVID-19 Confinement

Habits and Psychological Factors Associated With Changes in Physical Activity Due to COVID-19 Confinement

Playing Non-Professional Football in COVID-19 Time: A Narrative Review of Recommendations, Considerations, and Best Practices

COVID-19–Considerations for the Female Athlete

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