Cardiac Biomarker Levels After a Football Match in Professional Versus Amateur Lithuanian Football Players

Background: There are very limited scientific data available on cardiac troponin I release after intermittentexercise. To know the different factors that mediate cTnI release after exercise is of concern for scientists.In this regard, our study is based on two major goals: 1) to evaluate the cTnI release in individuals duringa sports match; and 2) to understand the impact of the status of the athlete (biological) on the releaseof individual cTnI.Methods: A total of 44 players, including “22 adult professional [PFP]: 24.2±4.5 years, 22 adult amateur[AFP]: 26.5±3.6 years” were involved in a match simulated as real. Successive observations of cTnI releasewere obtained at different settings such as at rest, pre-exercise, and instant-post-exercise at regularintervals of 3, 6, and then 24 h post-exercise.Results: From the obtained results it was observed that the individual highest values were vastly varied,with higher levels of cTnI release baseline and post-exercise for PFP players as compared to those ofAFP (all p < 0.05). Moreover, the cTnI levels were increased (peak post: 0.024 [0.004-0.244] μg/L; p < 0.05). Additionally, the cTnI peak values surpassed the upper limit of reference in 77.3% of PFP (17 PFP).Conclusions: Our study data results affirm that the cTnI release is highly affected by the status of athletes. The cTnI release is enhanced by intermittent exercise

Cardiac Biomarker Levels After a Football Match in Professional Versus Amateur Lithuanian Football Players

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