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Acute skin temperature responses to the 30-15 intermittent fitness test in professional male soccer players
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Introduction: Thermal imaging technology provides detailed insights into the skin temperature patterns and asymmetries of athletes, offering valuable data to enhance performance, assess the effectiveness of rehabilitation, monitor fatigue, and prevent injuries.
Methods: The aim of this study was to assess acute skin temperature responses before and after the 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test in professional male soccer players. Twenty-one profes sional soccer players performed a 30-15 IFT, and the running time, peak velocity, and true ve locity were calculated. Thermal images of the players were acquired using an infrared thermal camera before and immediately after the 30-15 IFT, and skin temperature measurements were analyzed from the anterior thigh, anterior leg, posterior thigh, and posterior leg.
Results: The skin temperature asymmetries differed significantly between all regions of inter est, with the greatest difference in the anterior and posterior thighs. Pearson correlation anal ysis revealed that the 30-15 IFT parameters were not correlated with the posttest skin temper ature asymmetry for any of the region of interests. However, there were significant negative correlations between pretest skin temperature asymmetry in the posterior leg region and all 30-15 IFT parameters for running time (r=0.30; p<.05), peak velocity (r=0.3; p<.05), and true velocity (r=0.25; p<.05). Finally, athletes with lower baseline skin temperature asymmetries in the posterior leg region have better 30-15 IFT performance.
Conclusion: Thermal imaging can be used to assess muscular asymmetries following specific endurance tests or conditioning training, and this information can provide valuable information for optimizing performance and injury prevention.
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We thank all athletes for their participation in this study. The author Rafael Oliveira has the following affiliations: Santarém Polytechnic University, School of Sport (Portugal) and Research Center in Sports
Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD). Rafael Oliveira is also a research member of the Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development which was funded by Na tional Funds by FCT under the following project UI/04045. The author Hadi Nobari has the following affiliations: Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences—INEF, Department of Health and Human Performance, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain), and the LFE Research Group (Madrid, Spain). Hadi Nobari is also a research member of the LFE Research Group, which conducts interdisciplinary work in physical activity, sports performance, and health sciences, operating within the institutional framework of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
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Infrared thermography thermal imaging muscular imbalance injury prevention fatigue monitoring football
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Alvurdu, S., Arslan, Y., Keskin, K., Oliveira, R. & Nobari, H. (2025). Acute skin temperature responses to the 30-15 intermittent fitness test in professional male soccer players. Retos, 73, 1220-1231. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v73.109970