Effects of five congested futsal matches on relative intensity, stress symptoms and muscle soreness

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of five congested matches on the relative intensity, stress symptoms and muscle pain female futsal athletes. Eight female futsal athletes (20.1±3.1 years; 58.6±5.2 kg; 160.0±5.0cm;) were submitted to five successive matches, with a rest interval of approximately 24 hours. The relative match intensity was measured with session rating of perceived exertion. To symptoms of stress was used the daily analysis of life demands in athletes and the visual analog scale of pain was used to assess the muscle soreness perception of the athletes. Friedman's ANOVA was used to compare of the dependent’s variables between the matches, adopting significant value when p <.05. These was increase of the session RPE (χ²(4) = 30.00, p<.05) and relative match intensity (χ²(4) = 31.43, p<.05) through the matches; observed an increase in stress symptoms (χ²(4) = 30.19, p<.05) and muscle soreness (χ²(4) = 29.96, p<.05) also during competition. Successive futsal matches with a short rest interval between them cause great psychophysiological stress, demonstrating an increase in the relative intensity, stress symptoms and perception of muscle soreness.