Table 8.
The main findings regarding health-related outcomes.
| Study | Health-Related Outcomes—Evidence of the Main Findings (Differences or Not after Training Programs in Terms of Health-Related Outcomes) | General Effects of Soccer Training |
|---|---|---|
| [39] | 6-month soccer training did not improve any biochemical or inflammatory marker in overweight children. | No significant effect |
| [34] | 10-week soccer training improved the posterior wall diameter, interventricular septum thickness, and global isovolumetric relaxation in pre-adolescent children. | Favorable |
| [40] | 11-week soccer training decreased systolic blood pressure and mean arterial blood pressure in children. | Favorable |
| [41] | 12-week soccer training decreased systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, triglycerides, C-reactive protein, insulin resistance, sympathetic activity, and vascular resistance. At the same time, parasympathetic activity, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and vascular conductance increased in obese adolescents. | Favorable |
| [42] | 8-week soccer training increased high-frequency power, the root mean squared value of the standard deviation (rMSSD), and decreased sympathetic activity in untrained adolescents. | Favorable |
| [35] | 12-week soccer training led to a positive effect on biochemical parameters, such as the increased number of erythrocytes in overweight children. | Favorable |
| [36] | 12-week soccer training decreased the resting and maximal heart rate in overweight and obese children. | Favorable |
| [38] | 10-month soccer training decreased the diastolic blood pressure and elicited discrete cardiac adaptations, such as interventricular septum thickness, cuspid annular plane systolic excursion, and left-atrial volume index in children. | Favorable |
| [44] | 11 weeks of “FIFA 11 for Health” improved cognitive performance by reducing reaction time in terms of psychomotor function, attention, and working memory in children. | Favorable |
| [45] | 11 weeks of “FIFA 11 for Health” decreased the systolic blood pressure in children. | Favorable |
| [37] | 10-week soccer training improved heart function in children. | Favorable |
| [51] | 10-month soccer training improved interventricular septum thickness and peak transmitral flow velocity in early diastole, while no other changes were observed in children. | |
| [47] | 12-week soccer training was effective in reducing metabolic syndrome in obese adolescents. | Favorable |
| [46] | 8-month soccer training improved the physical aggression subscale (physical aggression, verbal aggression, hostility, and anger) in adolescents. | Favorable |
| [48] | 12-week soccer training with diet restriction decreased the glycated hemoglobin, while no other changes were shown for this group or soccer training without diet restriction, which means that diet was important to improving glycemia in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. | Favorable |
| [49] | 8-week soccer training did not cause any significant changes in blood pressure or heart rate health in adolescents. | No significant effect |