The level of damage caused by football matches on players

Football is a team game requiring high level of athletic performance such as resistance, strength, flexibility, speed and promptness. The goal of this study is to determine the level of muscle damages of players caused by football matches. The study enrolled male football players of the local leagues, whose age, weight and height averages, body-mass indexes, and sport ages were 22.01±0.63 (years), 71.06±1.50 (kg), 177.67±0,06 (cm), 22.42±0.39 (kg)/[weight(m2)], 8.50±0.49 years, respectively. Within the scope of the study, blood samples have been taken from the subjects at the amount of 5 cc each time for 4 times as "Before the Match", "During the Match", "After the Match" and "24 Hours After the Match". Over the blood samples, Creatine Kinase, Creatine Kinase Myocardinal Band, Lactate Dehydrogenase, Alanin aminotransferase, Aspartat aminotransferase and Gamma Glutamyl Transferase parameters have been analyzed. While statistical differences have been observed between Creatine Kinase Myocardinal Band and Lactate Dehydrogenase parameters, no statistical difference has been identified among the measurements of Creatine Kinase, Alaniamnotransferase, Apartaminotransferase and Gamma Glutamil Transferase. In conclusion, when all data are evaluated together, it can be claimed that while a football match increases the enzyme values of Creatine Kinase Myocardinal Band and Lactate Dehydrogenase, it can be overcome with 24 hours of resting and no statistical difference occurs among Creatine Kinase, Alaninaminotransferase, Apartaminotransferase, Gamma Glutamyl Transferase parameters and players adapt to the occurring damage during the match as a result of adaptation to the exercise