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Therefore, the objective of the present investigation was to determine the suitability of thermography to detect fatigue in male football players. For this reason, twenty participants were gathered into a pair of subgroups (low [&lt;0.2 \u00b0C] vs. high thermal asymmetry [\u22650.2 \u00b0C]) based on a thermography session of the lower limbs (thighs, calves, and hamstrings). After the thermography session, players performed CMJs before and after an RSA test (6 \u00d7 30 m\/20\u2033). A mixed two-way analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc pairwise comparisons were undertaken to analyse the results. No significant differences (p &gt; 0.05) were found in any of the RSA test variables between low and high thermal asymmetry groups for thighs and calves. On the other hand, the low thermal asymmetry hamstring group reported a smaller percentage difference in sprints for the first sprint (%Diff) and a larger percentage difference in sprints two and three with respect to the best sprint (%Best). For CMJs, the low thermal asymmetry hamstring group reported significantly higher values post-RSA test, indicating better performance. Accordingly, thermography can provide information about performance in CMJ and RSA tests through hamstring asymmetries over 0.2 \u00b0C. Meanwhile, larger asymmetries than 0.2 \u00b0C in calves and thighs do not seem to be related to performance in these tests; therefore, coaches should consider if it is optimal to align players with high hamstring asymmetries.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23020631","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,6]],"date-time":"2023-01-06T03:19:54Z","timestamp":1672975194000},"page":"631","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Relationship between Repeated Sprint Ability, Countermovement Jump and Thermography in Elite Football Players"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9491-7183","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos","family":"Majano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"IGOID Research Group, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1741-5566","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorge","family":"Garc\u00eda-Unanue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IGOID Research Group, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7769-626X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonio","family":"Hernandez-Martin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IGOID Research Group, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0017-0184","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Javier","family":"S\u00e1nchez-S\u00e1nchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Od\u00f3n, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6296-6121","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leonor","family":"Gallardo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IGOID Research Group, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2029-1277","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jose Luis","family":"Felipe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IGOID Research Group, Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Department, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"312","article-title":"Anthropometric characteristics, physical fitness and technical performance of under-19 soccer players by competitive level and field position","volume":"34","author":"Rebelo","year":"2013","journal-title":"Int. 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