Acute arm and leg muscle glycogen and metabolite responses to small-sided football games in healthy young men.
Jeppe PanduroJeppe Foged Vigh-LarsenGiorgios ErmidisSusana Cristina Araújo PóvoasJakob Friis SchmidtKaren SøgaardPeter KrustrupMagni MohrMorten Bredsgaard RandersPublished in: European journal of applied physiology (2022)
The upper body may be extensively involved during football play, but besides a rise in muscle lactate in the deltoideus muscle similar to the leg muscles, the present study did not demonstrate acute metabolic changes of an order that may explain the previously reported training effect of football play in the upper extremities.