Changes in aerobic capacity to prepubertal children in sports 12-month training period

Introduction This study was long-term and lasted for one year. The study aims to determine whether there is a change in aerobic capacity indicators for prepubertal children when playing football.Methods There were two groups of subjects: children of prepubertal age who trained in football and those...

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Main Authors: Kęstutis Pužas, Loreta Stasiulė, Arvydas Stasiulis
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2025.2514074
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description Introduction This study was long-term and lasted for one year. The study aims to determine whether there is a change in aerobic capacity indicators for prepubertal children when playing football.Methods There were two groups of subjects: children of prepubertal age who trained in football and those who did not attend football. There were 16 participants in the FG (football-trained group) and 15 in the CG (control group) who attended no football lessons. An incremental treadmill test was performed three times with a half-year break to determine the following peak variables: oxygen uptake, stroke volume, cardiac output, and minute ventilation.Results After one year of training, the VO2 peak at FG increased from 51.81 ± 6.55 ml/kg/min. to 53.11 ± 5.27 ml/kg/min. (p = 0.0412), stroke volume at FG increased from 41.3 ml/min to 46.4 ml/min. (p = 0.0012), cardiac output (Q) also increased from 8.15 l/min to 9.44 l/min. At stage II and 10.2 l/min at stage III (p = 0.0143) at FG.Conclusions After one year of football training at FG-related VO2, RR (-respiratory rate), and Q also shifted, SV (-stroke volume) also increased significantly, while at UG, results were the opposite- only a few parameters, such as HR, increased significantly, while the others did not.
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spelling doaj-art-c460ab29abb14bf6b1d76c8f28696a1a2025-08-20T02:33:24ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAnnals of Medicine0785-38901365-20602025-12-0157110.1080/07853890.2025.2514074Changes in aerobic capacity to prepubertal children in sports 12-month training periodKęstutis Pužas0Loreta Stasiulė1Arvydas Stasiulis2Department of Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, LithuaniaDepartment of Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, LithuaniaIntroduction This study was long-term and lasted for one year. The study aims to determine whether there is a change in aerobic capacity indicators for prepubertal children when playing football.Methods There were two groups of subjects: children of prepubertal age who trained in football and those who did not attend football. There were 16 participants in the FG (football-trained group) and 15 in the CG (control group) who attended no football lessons. An incremental treadmill test was performed three times with a half-year break to determine the following peak variables: oxygen uptake, stroke volume, cardiac output, and minute ventilation.Results After one year of training, the VO2 peak at FG increased from 51.81 ± 6.55 ml/kg/min. to 53.11 ± 5.27 ml/kg/min. (p = 0.0412), stroke volume at FG increased from 41.3 ml/min to 46.4 ml/min. (p = 0.0012), cardiac output (Q) also increased from 8.15 l/min to 9.44 l/min. At stage II and 10.2 l/min at stage III (p = 0.0143) at FG.Conclusions After one year of football training at FG-related VO2, RR (-respiratory rate), and Q also shifted, SV (-stroke volume) also increased significantly, while at UG, results were the opposite- only a few parameters, such as HR, increased significantly, while the others did not.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2025.2514074Aerobicchildrenfootballtrainingcapacity
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title Changes in aerobic capacity to prepubertal children in sports 12-month training period
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title_fullStr Changes in aerobic capacity to prepubertal children in sports 12-month training period
title_full_unstemmed Changes in aerobic capacity to prepubertal children in sports 12-month training period
title_short Changes in aerobic capacity to prepubertal children in sports 12-month training period
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