Health-related effects of recreational soccer in middle-aged and older adults

What is it about?

Recreational soccer should be considered an alternative exercise modality for untrained, healthy or unhealthy middle-aged and older adults to maintain an active lifestyle and mitigate a wide array of physical and physiological age-related changes.

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Why is it important?

Our findings show that recreational soccer played with 3–7 people each side on an outdoor field or indoor court for 12–52 weeks results in significant positive adaptations in cardiorespiratory capacity, body composition, lower-limb muscle function and strength in untrained, healthy and unhealthy middle-aged and older adults.