Football fitness

1. Football fitness has no effect on yo-Yo Intermittent endurance test level 1 performance in humans (FOT +28% [11; 44%]; CON +27% [9; 46%]).

   “Both groups improved the Yo-Yo IE1 to a similar extent”

   Human trialbetween-group comparison with control12 weeksn = 66

   Evaluation of a football fitness implementation initiative for an older adult population in a small-scale island society

   Frontiers in public health·16 Jul 2024

1. Football fitness has no effect on systolic blood pressure in humans.

   “A between-group effect (p = 0.02) existed for systolic BP, which decreased (p < 0.01) by -5% [-8; -1%] in CON and remained unchanged in FOT.”

   Human trialunchanged in football fitness group; decreased in control12 weeksn = 66

   Evaluation of a football fitness implementation initiative for an older adult population in a small-scale island society

   Frontiers in public health·16 Jul 2024

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1. Football fitness has no effect on mental wellbeing in humans.

   “An improvement in mental wellbeing was observed for both groups from pre- to post-intervention (p values <0.001) with no between-group differences.”

   Human trialbetween-group comparison with control12 weeksn = 66

   Evaluation of a football fitness implementation initiative for an older adult population in a small-scale island society

   Frontiers in public health·16 Jul 2024

1. Football fitness improves environmental quality of life in humans.

   “Regarding QoL, the environment domain improved in FOT compared to CON (p = 0.02).”

   Human trialcompared with control12 weeksn = 66

   Evaluation of a football fitness implementation initiative for an older adult population in a small-scale island society

   Frontiers in public health·16 Jul 2024