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Mohamed Ali Hammami1, Abderraouf Ben Abderrahman, Anthony C Hackney
11Movement, Sport and Health Sciences Laboratory (M2S), UFR-APS, University of Rennes 2-ENS Cachan, Rennes, France; 2High Institute of Sport and Physical Education (ISSEP) Ksar Saïd, Tunis, Tunisia; 3Laboratory of Physiology and Functional Explorations, Ibn Eljazzar Faculty of Medicine, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia; 4"Sport Performance Optimization" National Center of Medicine and Science in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia; 5Endocrine Section, Applied Physiology Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; 6Center for Sport Research and Innovation, University of Claude Bernard Lyon, Lyon, France; and 7Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science of Tunis, University Tunis el Manar, Tunis, Tunisia[LINE SEPARATOR].
Abstract:
Hammami, MA, Ben Abderrahman, A, Hackney, AC, Kebsi, W, Owen, AL, Nebigh, A, Racil, G, Tabka, Z, and Zouhal, H. Hormonal (cortical-gonadotropic axis) and physical changes with two years intense exercise training in elite young soccer players. J Strength Cond Res 31(9): 2388-2397, 2017-The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 2 soccer-training seasons on physical fitness and hormone concentrations in elite youth soccer players. Twenty male elite soccer players (SP, age 14.5 ± 0.4 years) and 20 male control subjects (CS, age 14.3 ± 0.3 years) participated in the study. Anthropometric measurements, aerobic (Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 [YYIRT1]) and anaerobic soccer relevant performances (jump and sprint tests), blood testosterone (T), cortisol (C), sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and T/C ratio were assessed 5 times (from T0 to T4) during 2 competitive seasons. Significant differences from basal values (Δ) of T, SHBG, and C between SP and CS were observed (p < 0.01). Additionally, T and T/C ratio changes were positively correlated with physical performance (p ≤ 0.05). In conclusion, as expected, higher T concentration and greater power performance were observed in the soccer players group compared with controls. Our findings also show that the T concentrations and power performance outcomes co-vary positively over the 2 soccer seasons in soccer players.
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