Physical Activity of the Right- and Left-Footed Professional Soccer Players from Symmetrical Defensive Positions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedures
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Right ED (n = 490) | Left ED (n = 501) | p | ES | ∆ (%) | |
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TD [m] | 10,733 ± 628.2 | 10,570 ± 558.3 | 0.000018 | 0.26 | 1.52 |
NHIR | 65.6 ± 15.0 | 61.4 ± 12.6 | 0.000002 | 0.30 | 6.40 |
Relative TD [m/min] | 111.1 ± 6.76 | 109.3 ± 5.98 | 0.000019 | 0.26 | 1.62 |
Relative HSR [m/min] | 7.70 ± 1.90 | 7.26 ± 1.55 | 0.000071 | 0.25 | 5.71 |
Relative Sprinting [m/min] | 2.41 ± 1.09 | 2.14 ± 0.96 | 0.000021 | 0.27 | 11.20 |
TD/Et [m/min] | 193.0 ± 18.94 | 189.8 ± 17.71 | 0.006364 | 0.17 | 1.66 |
HSR/Et [m/min] | 13.37 ± 3.42 | 12.60 ± 2.85 | 0.000135 | 0.24 | 5.76 |
Sprinting/Et [m/min] | 4.19 ± 1.89 | 3.71 ± 1.69 | 0.000022 | 0.27 | 11.46 |
Right ED | Left ED | |||
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Right-Footed (n = 448) | Left-Footed (n = 23) | Right-Footed (n = 102) | Left-Footed (n = 378) | |
TD [m] | 10,728 ± 635.9 | 10,631 ± 591.1 | 10,317 ± 544.3 | 10,612 ± 540.9 * |
HSR [m] | 742.2 ± 182.4 | 747.5 ± 216.1 | 635.2 ± 130.2 | 718.2 ± 152.0 * |
Sprinting [m] | 235.0 ± 106.4 | 242.7 ± 88.8 | 174.6 ± 97.0 | 218.8 ± 91.9 * |
NHIR | 65.4 ± 15.1 | 67.1 ± 16.4 | 55.3 ± 12.0 | 63.2 ± 12.4 * |
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Konefał, M.; Andrzejewski, M.; Chmura, P.; Zacharko, M.; Radzimiński, Ł. Physical Activity of the Right- and Left-Footed Professional Soccer Players from Symmetrical Defensive Positions. Symmetry 2021, 13, 1551. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091551
Konefał M, Andrzejewski M, Chmura P, Zacharko M, Radzimiński Ł. Physical Activity of the Right- and Left-Footed Professional Soccer Players from Symmetrical Defensive Positions. Symmetry. 2021; 13(9):1551. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091551
Chicago/Turabian StyleKonefał, Marek, Marcin Andrzejewski, Paweł Chmura, Michał Zacharko, and Łukasz Radzimiński. 2021. "Physical Activity of the Right- and Left-Footed Professional Soccer Players from Symmetrical Defensive Positions" Symmetry 13, no. 9: 1551. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091551