title: The specificity of the Loughborough Intermittent Shuttle Test for recreational soccer players is independent of their intermittent running ability.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether or not recreational soccer players (SP) and non-soccer players (non-SP) with similar intermittent-running ability had similar physiological responses to a soccer match-simulation protocol. Twenty-two recreational SP and 19 fitness-matched non-SP participated. Yo-Yo level 1 assessed intermittent-running ability, while the Loughborough Intermittent Shuttle Test served as soccer match-simulation protocol. Heart rate (HR), blood lactate concentration [La-] and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were recorded after each bout (1-5, plus an exhaustive task). SP had lower HR after the third, fourth and fifth bout, compared to non-SP. Similarly, SP had lower [La-] after the third, fourth and the fifth bout. SP also had lower RPE after the third, fourth and fifth bout. The appropriateness of intermittent-running ability as the main determinant of physical performance in SP was questioned.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Science , University of Verona , Verona , Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Coratella
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Science , University of Verona , Verona , Italy.|b Faculty of Health and Science, Department of Science and Technology , University of Suffolk , Ipswich , UK.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beato
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurological, Biomedical and Movement Science , University of Verona , Verona , Italy.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schena
mesh_terms: D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012916:Soccer / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Intermittent recovery test level 1; rating of perceived exertion; repeated-sprint ability; shuttle running; soccer match simulation