The Effects Of Match Conditions On The Shaped Elements Of Blood And Iron Level Of Football Players

Abstract

The conditions of football match and intensive exercise changes the hematological parameters. It is also known that, endurance training causes “sports anemia” which is an athlete specific anemia type. The purpose of our study is to research the effects of pre-match and post-match on the shaped elements of blood and iron level of football players. The study group consisted of 12 volunteer male athletes who are playing football in Turkish A2 League for ‘Erciyes Spor Kulübü’. The volunteers have average age of 19.08 ± 0.36 years old, average height of 1.80 ± 0.02 cm and average weight of 70.16 ± 1.74kg. The pulsations, systolic/diastolic blood pressures, vertical/long jumps and elasticity of participating football players are measured and their blood samples were taken before and after the football match. Statistical analyzes of the data were performed by Paired t-test. There were statistically significant differences between the values of erythrocyte, leukocyte, thrombocyte, iron and iron binding (p<0.05) whereas there weren’t any significant differences between PCT (procalcitonin), RBC (red blood cell ) and MCH ( mean cell hemoglobin) levels (p>0.05) in football players before and after the match. According to our results, match conditions and intensive exercise cause serious increases and decreases in iron levels and shaped elements of blood. We think that it is important to follow regular blood samples in elite footballers, to monitor performances under high physical tension and overload and to provide information about immune systems.

Keywords

• hematology,endurance training,, iron,performance

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