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Does lifelong football training improve cardiovascular function, physical fitness, and body composition in elderly men?
Does lifelong football training improve cardiovascular function, physical fitness, and body composition in elderly men?
Lifelong football training in elderly men is associated with superior left ventricular systolic function, microvascular function, and physical fitness compared to untrained age-matched controls.
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Associated with superior LV function and fitness in elderly men; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Schmidt et al. (2013) studied this question.
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