Quantification of training load during return to play after upper- and lower-body injury in australian rules football

Ritchie, D; Hopkins, WG; Buchheit, M; Cordy, J; Bartlett, JD

Quantification of training load during return to play after upper- and lower-body injury in australian rules football

Ritchie, D Hopkins, WG Buchheit, M Cordy, J Bartlett, JD

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Citation:: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2017, 12 (5), pp. 634 - 641
Issue Date:: 2017-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ritchie, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hopkins, WG	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Buchheit, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cordy, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bartlett, JD	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2017, 12 (5), pp. 634 - 641	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1555-0265	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/125807
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 Human Kinetics, Inc. Context: Training volume, intensity, and distribution are important factors during periods of return to play. Purpose: To quantify the effect of injury on training load (TL) before and after return to play (RTP) in professional Australian Rules football. Methods: Perceived training load (RPE-TL) for 44 players was obtained for all indoor and outdoor training sessions, while field-based training was monitored via GPS (total distance, high-speed running, mean speed). When a player sustained a competition time-loss injury, weekly TL was quantified for 3 wk before and after RTP. General linear mixed models, with inference about magnitudes standardized by between-players SDs, were used to quantify effects of lower- and upper-body injury on TL compared with the team. Results: While total RPE-TL was similar to the team 2 wk before RTP, training distribution was different, whereby skills RPE-TL was likely and most likely lower for upper- and lower-body injury, respectively, and most likely replaced with small to very large increases in running and other conditioning load. Weekly total distance and high-speed running were most likely moderately to largely reduced for lower- and upper-body injury until after RTP, at which point total RPE-TL, training distribution, total distance, and high-speed running were similar to the team. Mean speed of field-based training was similar before and after RTP compared with the team. Conclusions: Despite injured athletes' obtaining comparable TLs to uninjured players, training distribution is different until after RTP, indicating the importance of monitoring all types of training that athletes complete.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1123/ijspp.2016-0300	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sport Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Lower Extremity	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Upper Extremity	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Athletic Injuries	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Back Injuries	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Perception	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Soccer	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Torso	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Physical Conditioning, Human	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Return to Sport	en_US
dc.title	Quantification of training load during return to play after upper- and lower-body injury in australian rules football	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	12	en_US
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utslib.for	1116 Medical Physiology	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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pubs.volume	12	en_US

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© 2017 Human Kinetics, Inc. Context: Training volume, intensity, and distribution are important factors during periods of return to play. Purpose: To quantify the effect of injury on training load (TL) before and after return to play (RTP) in professional Australian Rules football. Methods: Perceived training load (RPE-TL) for 44 players was obtained for all indoor and outdoor training sessions, while field-based training was monitored via GPS (total distance, high-speed running, mean speed). When a player sustained a competition time-loss injury, weekly TL was quantified for 3 wk before and after RTP. General linear mixed models, with inference about magnitudes standardized by between-players SDs, were used to quantify effects of lower- and upper-body injury on TL compared with the team. Results: While total RPE-TL was similar to the team 2 wk before RTP, training distribution was different, whereby skills RPE-TL was likely and most likely lower for upper- and lower-body injury, respectively, and most likely replaced with small to very large increases in running and other conditioning load. Weekly total distance and high-speed running were most likely moderately to largely reduced for lower- and upper-body injury until after RTP, at which point total RPE-TL, training distribution, total distance, and high-speed running were similar to the team. Mean speed of field-based training was similar before and after RTP compared with the team. Conclusions: Despite injured athletes' obtaining comparable TLs to uninjured players, training distribution is different until after RTP, indicating the importance of monitoring all types of training that athletes complete.

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