Running performance during the holy month of ramadan in elite professional adult soccer players in russia
Bezuglov E. Talibov O. Khaitin V. Pirmakhanov B. Waśkiewicz Z. Butovskiy M. Morgans R.
November-1 2021MDPI
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021#18Issue 21
Religious fasting in the Holy Month of Ramadan is an important element of the Muslim culture during which no eating or drinking is permitted from dawn till dusk. A considerable number of Muslim soccer players abide by these restrictions, which may cause a negative impact on key running performance parameters during competitive matches. Alterations to diet and water intake during the Holy Month of Ramadan may affect various running performance parameters in elite Muslim professional adult soccer players. This study was conducted with two groups of soccer players from the Russian Premier League (RPL): The Exposure Group (EG) consisted of 13 Muslims age 24.0 ± 2.8 years abiding by religious fasting and the Control Group (CG) included 13 non‐Muslim age 26.0 ± 4.4 years. Using the Instat system, the running performance of each player was controlled in both groups during matches from the RPL before and in the third week of Ramadan (a total of two matches for every player). None of the measured parameters demonstrated significant changes in any match. In conclusion, restrictions in diet and liquid intake during the Holy Month of Ramadan had no negative influence on the running performance of elite Muslim professional adult soccer players during daytime matches.
Match performance , Ramadan , Soccer , Soccer players
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Department of Sports Medicine and Medical Rehabilitation, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russia Federation, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
“Smart Recovery” Sports Medicine Clinic LLC, Moscow, 121552, Russian Federation
PFC CSKA, Moscow, 125252, Russian Federation
Russian Football Union, Moscow, 115172, Russian Federation
High Performance Sport Laboratory, Moscow Witte University, Moscow, 300028, Russian Federation
Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, 354349, Russian Federation
Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Emergency Medicine, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, 127473, Russian Federation
Department of Physical Methods of Treatment and Sports Medicine, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, St. Petersburg, 197022, Russian Federation
FC Zenit, St. Petersburg, 197341, Russian Federation
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Evidence‐Based Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Care, Al‐Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
FC Kairat, Almaty, 050054, Kazakhstan
Institute of Sport Science, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, 40‐065, Poland
FC Rubin, Kazan, 420036, Russian Federation
Department of Sports Medicine and Medical Rehabilitation
“Smart Recovery” Sports Medicine Clinic LLC
PFC CSKA
Russian Football Union
High Performance Sport Laboratory
Sirius University of Science and Technology
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Physical Methods of Treatment and Sports Medicine
FC Zenit
Department of Epidemiology
FC Kairat
Institute of Sport Science
FC Rubin
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