Leandro Borges, Alexandre Dermargos, Renata Gorjão, Maria F Cury-Boaventura, Sandro M Hirabara, Cesar C Abad, Tania C Pithon-Curi, Rui Curi, Marcelo P Barros, Elaine Hatanaka
Futsal promotes stress by handling the ball, physical contact, and exhaustive muscle contractions, elevating the risks for injury, oxidative stress, and inflammation after a training session or a match. In this review, we critically evaluate the more recent advances in the performance and health of futsal players. We searched the effects of futsal on performance, physiological parameters, muscle injury, inflammation, and oxidative stress. Although the stressful factors apply to all futsal players, goalkeepers require special attention during the competition and the recovery phase...
November 2022: Research in Sports Medicine