Impact of a Soccer Game on Cardiac Biomarkers in Adolescent Players

Abstract

This is the first study to investigate the acute responses of cardiac biomarkers to a soccer game in adolescent male players. The postgame elevation of cardiac biomarkers and their rapid recovery are indicative of a physiological rather than a pathological response.

Acute effects of recreational soccer on inflammatory response and cardiac and skeletal muscle damage indicators

“…To the best of our knowledge, no study has investigated cardiac troponins in RS participants. However, although the findings of the present study are in accordance with the results obtained by Hosseini et al, (13) in adolescent soccer players and in studies conducted on other intermittent sports (24), the increase in troponin level was much higher in our young participants. The greater elevation in troponins may be explained by the higher absolute HR response (185.4 bpm) of our young players as compared with reference HR values observed during soccer matches (generally 165-175 bpm) (23).…”

“…Moreover, a recent study using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging with late gadolinium enhancement also indicated that, even though cardiac troponins and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels are high after endurance events, there is no evidence of any detectable myocardial damage or acute changes in left or right ventricular function (29). Additionally, similar to our participants, a previous study reported no unusual cardiovascular symptoms during or following exercise despite an increase in troponin levels (13). Finally, elite marathon runners have comparatively lower troponin levels than their non-elite counterparts after a race, which may occur in conjunction with improved resistance against exercise-induced cardiomyo-cyte membrane damage (5).…”

“…The release of cardiac biomarkers after endurance and ultra-endurance events has been well documented (5−9); however, reports on these exercise modalities have only documented the reasons for a significant cardiac troponin release without the presence of negative clinical symptoms (10). Many other studies have focused on troponin release following competitive soccer matches (11−13), reporting varying results of modest (11), nonsignificant (12), and significant (13) elevations in cardiac troponin levels during the post-match recovery period. Intermittent exercise, such as soccer, involves forceful muscle contractions.…”

Cardiac Biomarker Release After Exercise in Healthy Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…The search process appears outlined in Figure 1. Fourteen studies met the inclusion/exclusion criteria that included 21 groups covering a total sample of 336 9 participants (72 females) who had a mean age of 15.1 ± 2.3 years (12,13,49,(76)(77)(78)20,27,30,38,39,(46)(47)(48). Two studies provided complete data from more than one subgroups contributing with different estimates by sex (27,78) or Tanner stage (30), which were treated as different units for the analysis.…”

“…One study provided four outcome measurements from the same group at different exposures (12), which were controlled for multiplicity within the models (51,81). Interventions were based on five different modalities: in nine studies participants ran [three treadmill protocols (45 to 90 min) (13,46,77), five half marathons (12,27,47,48,76) and one full marathon (78)], in two studies basketball was employed (38,49), in one a soccer match (20), in one study participants swam for 60 min (30) and one included a set of table tennis exercises (39). Table 1…”