title: Differences in the bioenergetic potential of athletes participating in team sports.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In modern training technology, assessment of aerobic bioenergetic potential in athletes is commonly performed by standard laboratory procedures to determine basic or specific functional abilities for specific sport activity or discipline. The aim of study was to assess the aerobic bioenergetic potential of athletes participating in basketball, football and handball.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 87 athletes (29 basketball players, 29 football players, and 29 handball players) aged 21-24. Evaluation of the aerobic bioenergetic potential of athletes participating in basketball, football and handball was performed followed by both univariate (ANOVA) and multivariate (MANOVA) statistical methods to determine differences among the athletes in relative (VO2 mL/kg/min) and absolute oxygen consumption (VO2 L/min).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant differences between absolute and relative oxygen consumption were found in basketball players (Mb), football players (Mf), and handball players (Mh) (MANOVA, p = 0.00). ANOVA also revealed significant differences in relative oxygen consumption (VO2 mL/kg/min) (p = 0.00). The football players (55.32 mL/kg/min) had the highest relative oxygen consumption, followed by the handball players (51.84 mL/kg/min) and basketball players (47.00 mL/kg/min). The highest absolute oxygen consumption was recorded in the basketball players (4.47 L/min), followed by the handball players (4.40 L/min) and footballers (4.16 L/min).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Statistically significant differences in the aerobic bioenergetic potential, expressed by the relative oxygen consumption were found among atletes participating in different team sports. It can be assumed that the player from the sports in which it is necessary to cross greater distance in total during the match have a greater need for aerobic capacity.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
authors.forename: Julijan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Malacko
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Doder
authors.forename: Slavisa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Djurdjević
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Savić
authors.forename: Radoslava
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056352:Athletes; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017079:Exercise Tolerance / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult