Effects of Neuromuscular Training Applied During Ramadan on Physical Fitness and Injury Prevention in Highly-Trained Male Youth Soccer Players
Findings suggest that a four-week NMT conducted during Ramadan fasting helped to maintain or even improve measures of physical fitness including isokinetic strength. In addition, significant NMT-related reductions in injury occurrence were noted in highly-trained young male soccer players.
Authors
- Fatiha Laziri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2826-0599)
- Ayoub Saeidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-6256)
- Hassane Zouhal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6743-6464)
- Ismail Laher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3917-4417)
- Urs Granacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7095-813X)
- Claire Tourny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1951-7785)
- Anthony C. Hackney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7437-6225)
- Ali Belamjahad
- Ouafae El Hachimi
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University of Kurdistan (IR)
- Université Rennes 2 (FR)
- Instituts Supérieurs des Professions Infirmières et Techniques de Santé (MA)
- Département Santé des Plantes et Environnement (FR)
- Université de Rouen Normandie (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sports Medicine - Open
- Published
- 2025-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00831-y
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Dietary Effects on Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg