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The acute:chronic workload ratio predicts injury: high chronic workload may decrease injury risk in elite rugby league players
- Source :
- British journal of sports medicine. 50(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Aim Investigate whether acute workload (1 week total distance) and chronic workload (4-week average acute workload) predict injury in elite rugby league players. Methods Data were collected from 53 elite players over two rugby league seasons. The 'acute:chronic workload ratio' was calculated by dividing acute workload by chronic workload. A value of greater than 1 represented an acute workload greater than chronic workload. All workload data were classified into discrete ranges by z-scores. Results Compared with all other ratios, a very-high acute:chronic workload ratio (2.11) demonstrated the greatest risk of injury in the current week (16.7% injury risk) and subsequent week (11.8% injury risk). High chronic workload (>16 095 m) combined with a veryhigh 2-week average acute:chronic workload ratio (1.54) was associated with the greatest risk of injury (28.6% injury risk). High chronic workload combined with a moderate workload ratio (1.02-1.18) had a smaller risk of injury than low chronic workload combined with several workload ratios (relative risk range from 0.3 to 0.7×/1.4 to 4.4; likelihood range=88-94%, likely). Considering acute and chronic workloads in isolation (ie, not as ratios) did not consistently predict injury risk. Conclusions Higher workloads can have either positive or negative influences on injury risk in elite rugby league players. Specifically, compared with players who have a low chronic workload, players with a high chronic workload are more resistant to injury with moderate-low through moderate-high (0.85-1.35) acute:chronic workload ratios and less resistant to injury when subjected to 'spikes' in acute workload, that is, very-high acute:chronic workload ratios 1.5.
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- ISSN :
- 14730480
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British journal of sports medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6587a4a2b40142492b5aed22a2140cbe