The Acute:Chonic Workload Ratio In Relation To Injury Risk In Professional Soccer

Authors

Shane Malone, Technological University DublinFollow
Adam Owen, Servette Centre for Football Research (SCFR), Servette Football Club, Switzerland
Matt Newton, Servette Centre for Football Research (SCFR), Servette Football Club, Switzerland
Bruno Mendes, BenficaLAB, S.L. Benfica, Portugal
Kieran Collins, Technological University DublinFollow
Tim Gabbett, Gabbett Performance Solutions, Australia

Document Type

Article

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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, Sport and fitness sciences

Abstract

Forty-eight professional soccer players (mean ± SD age of 25.3 ± 3.1 yr) from two elite European teams were involved within a one season study. Players completed a test of intermittent-aerobic capacity (Yo-YoIR1) to assess player’s injury risk in relation to intermittent aerobic capacity. Weekly workload measures and time loss injuries were recorded during the entire period. Rolling weekly sums and week-to-week changes in workload were measured, allowing for the calculation of the acute:chronic workload ratio, which was calculated by dividing the acute (1-weekly) and chronic (4-weekly) workloads. All derived workload measures were modelled against injury data using logistic regression. Odds ratios (OR) were reported against a reference group.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2016.10.014

Recommended Citation

Malone, S., Owen, A. (2016). The Acute:Chonic Workload Ratio In Relation To Injury Risk In Professional Soccer. Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport, vol. 20, no. 6, pg. 561. doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2016.10.014

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