- Title
- The Relevance of Muscle Fiber Type to Physical Characteristics and Performance in Team-Sport Athletes
- Creator
- Hopwood, Henry J.; Bellinger, Phillip M.; Compton, Heidi R.; Bourne, Matthew N.; Minahan, Clare
- Relation
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Vol. 18, Issue 3, p. 223-230
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2022-0235
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Purpose: The aim of this systematic review was to (1) determine the muscle fiber-type composition (or muscle fiber typology [MFT]) of team-sport athletes and (2) examine associations between MFT and the physical characteristics and performance tasks in team-sport athletes. Methods: Searches were conducted across numerous databases—PubMed, SPORTDiscus, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar—using consistent search terms. Studies were included if they examined the MFT of team-sport athletes. Included studies underwent critical appraisal using the McMasters University critical appraisal tool for quantitative research. Results: A total of 10 studies were included in the present review, wherein the MFT of athletes was measured from 5 different team sports (soccer, rugby union, rugby league, handball, and volleyball). There was large variability in the MFT of team-sport athletes both within (up to 27.5%) and between sports (24.0% relative difference). Male football players with a higher proportion of type II fibers had faster 10- and 30-m sprint times, achieved a greater total distance sprinting (distance at >6.67 m·s−1), and a greater peak 1-minute sprint distance. Conclusions: MFT varies considerably between athletes both within and between different team sports. The results from some studies suggest that variation in MFT is associated with high-intensity running performance in a football match, as well as 10- and 30-m sprint times. Further experimental studies should focus on how determination of the MFT of team-sport athletes could be utilized to influence talent identification, team selection, and the individualization of training.
- Subject
- muscle fiber-type composition; fast twitch; type II fibers; slow twitch; type I fibers
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1490928
- Identifier
- uon:53013
- Identifier
- ISSN:1555-0265
- Language
- eng
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