Comparação das respostas físicas em jogos de futebol por bio-banding e por idade cronológica: uma revisão sistemática

Rita Adriana Stoeterau Moré; Rodolfo André Dellagrana

doi:10.1590/1980-0037.2025v27e95895

Authors

Rita Adriana Stoeterau Moré Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4085-7733
Rodolfo André Dellagrana State University of Ponta Grossa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0446-2619

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-0037.2025v27e95895%20

Keywords:

growth, physical performance, soccer

Abstract

The aim of this systematic review was to identify and synthesize the available information in studies that compare the physical responses of young football players subjected to games in two distinct competition models: the bio-banded model, which considers the stage of biological maturation, and the chronological model, based solely on the age of the players. The conduction of this review followed the guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Bibliographic searches were performed in three databases: PubMed, Web of Science, and SCOPUS, using the following descriptors: "soccer game", "physical performance", "biological maturation", and "bio-banding". The inclusion criteria were articles with experimental studies conducted in a game context, which compared the physical responses of players during bio-banded and chronological competitions, with the aim of investigating the influence of biological maturation on these responses. The initial search resulted in 336 records, of which 4 articles comprised the final sample. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed as medium to high. The findings suggest that biological maturation has an influence on the physical responses of young football players, and that both late-maturing and early-maturing players can benefit from games organized by biological maturation status.

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