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Energy expenditure and physical activity responses to football for health training in adults with metabolic syndrome: a randomized clinical trial

Athanasios Poulios
1
,
Lambros Tsiokanos
1
,
Dimitrios Draganidis
1
,
Konstantinos Papanikolaou
1, 2
,
Panagiotis Tsimeas
1
,
Niki Syrou
1
,
Georgios Metsios
3
,
Athanasios Chatzinikolaou
4
,
Georgios Ermidis
5
,
Athanasios Tsiokanos
1
,
Aggelos Pappas
1
,
Magni Mohr
5, 6
,
Peter Krustrup
5, 7, 8
,
Athanasios Z. Jamurtas
1
,
Ioannis G. Fatouros
1

  1. Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, Karies, Trikala, Greece
  2. Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
  3. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece
  4. Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
  5. Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, SDU Sport and Health Sciences Cluster (SHSC), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
  6. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands
  7. Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
  8. Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Biol Sport. 2026;43:449–461
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.154146
Online publish date: 2025/10/01
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