Georgios Ermidis, Magni Mohr, Athanasios Z Jamurtas, Dimitrios Draganidis, Athanasios Poulios, Konstantinos Papanikolaou, Jeppe Vigh-Larsen, Georgios Loules, Apostolos Sovatzidis, Theofano Nakopoulou, Panagiotis Tsimeas, Ioannis I Douroudos, Constantinos Papadopoulos, Giorgos Papadimas, Anastasia Rosvoglou, Christina Liakou, Chariklia K Deli, Kalliopi Georgakouli, Athanasios Chatzinikolaou, Peter Krustrup, Ioannis G Fatouros
PURPOSE: To examine the recovery kinetics (i.e. time-dependent changes) of performance-related variables between two 120-min male football games performed three days apart with and without carbohydrate (CHO) supplementation. METHODS: 20 male players (20 ± 1 years; body fat: 14.9 ± 5.1%; VO2max: 59.4 ± 3.7 mL•kg-1•min-1) participated in two 120-min football games (G1, G2) according to a randomized, two-trial, repeated measures, cross-over, double-blind design...
January 31, 2024: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise