Coelho, Daniel BarbosaCoelho, Leonardo Gomes MartinsMortimer, Lucas de Ávila FleuryHudson, Alexandre Sérvulo RibeiroMarins, João Carlos BouzasSoares, Danusa DiasGarcia, Emerson Silami2014-11-102014-11-102012COELHO et al. Energy demand and heart rate evaluation at different phases during a match along an official soccer competition. Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria & Desempenho Humano, Florianópolis, v. 14, n. 4, p. 419-427, 2012. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbcdh/v14n4/06.pdf>. Acesso em: 10 out. 2014.1980-0037http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/3737The purpose of the present study was to analyze the energy expenditure and heart rate (HR), expressed as mean and maximal heart rate (HRmax), along matches of an official soccer competition. Methods: Eighteen under-20 year old (U-20) soccer players from a first-division Brazilian soccer team were evaluated during 15 matches. The rela¬tionship between HR and oxygen uptake (HR/VO2 relationship) was established, and a linear regression equation was developed for each individual player participating in the study. This equation was then used to determine the oxygen uptake and the correspond¬ing energy expenditure based on the HR values measured during the games. The HR was recorded at 5-second intervals, which were clustered in phases of 15 minutes (0-15 min, 15-30 min e 30-45 min) for each half time (first half [FH] and second half [SH]). Results: The players’ oxygen uptake was 308.3 ± 11.9 LO2/game and the energy expenditure was 17.3±1.3 Kcal.min-1 and 1,542.9±125.1 Kcal/game. The results showed that there were significant differences between the HR and HRmax identified in the first half (FH 15-30 min) compared to the second half (SH 0-15 min and SH 30-45 min), and at FH 30-45 min compared to SH 0-15 min (p<0.05). Conclusions: We concluded that soccer should be considered as an extremely arduous activity for U-20 players due to the high energy expenditure during the matches of an official championship. We also concluded that, during soccer games with young players, FH 15-30 min could be considered the most intense phase, because the highest values of HR and HRmax usually occur at this phase. Key words: Correlation; Energy expenditure; Intermittent.en-USCorrelationEnergy expenditureIntermittentArtigo publicado em periodicoAll the published articles by Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria & Desempenho Humano are under a Creative Commons License wich permits copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria & Desempenho Humano <https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/rbcdh/about/submissions#copyrightNotice>. Acesso em: 06 ago. 2017.http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1980-0037.2012v14n4p419