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Monitoring the Athlete Match Response: Can External Load Variables Predict Post-match Acute and Residual Fatigue in Soccer? A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis
Karim Hader,
Michael C. Rumpf,
Maxime Hertzog,
Liam Kilduff 
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Olivier Girard,
Joao R. Silva
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Olivier Girard,
Joao R. Silva
Sports Medicine - Open, Volume: 5, Issue: 1
Swansea University Author:
Liam Kilduff
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DOI (Published version): 10.1186/s40798-019-0219-7
Abstract
Background: Monitoring athletes’ external load during a soccer match may be useful to predict post-match acute and residual fatigue. This estimation would allow individual adjustments to training programs to minimize injury risk, improve well-being, and restore players’ physical performance and info...
| Published in: | Sports Medicine - Open |
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| ISSN: | 2199-1170 2198-9761 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2019
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52384 |
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Background: Monitoring athletes’ external load during a soccer match may be useful to predict post-match acute and residual fatigue. This estimation would allow individual adjustments to training programs to minimize injury risk, improve well-being, and restore players’ physical performance and inform the recovery process.Methods: Using a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature, the aim is to determine which monitoring variables would be the strongest predictors of acute (immediately) and residual (up to 72 h) fatigue states in soccer. PubMed, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science databases were searched (until September 2018). Studies concurrently examining soccer match-related external load metrics and subjective and/or objective measures were selected to determine pooled correlations (r) with confidence intervals (CI). The quality and strength of the findings of eachstudy were evaluated to identify overall levels of evidence.Results: Eleven studies were included (n = 165 athletes). Acute (r = 0.67; 95% CI = [0.40, 0.94]) and residual (24 h post-match, r = 0.54; 95% CI = [0.35, 0.65]) changes in muscle damage markers and countermovement jump peak power output (CMJPPO) were, with moderate to strong evidence, largely correlated with running distance above 5.5 m s−1. No other external load metric was largely correlated with both biochemical and neuromuscular markers. For every 100-m run above 5.5 m·s−1, CK activity measured 24 h post-match increased by 30% and CMJPPO decreased by 0.5%. Conversely, the total distance covered did not present any evidence of a clear relationship with anyfatigue-related marker at any time-point.Conclusions: Running distance above 5.5 m·s−1 represents the most sensitive monitoring variable characterizing biochemical and neuromuscular responses, at least when assessed during the initial 24 h (not at 48 h/72 h) postmatch recovery period. In addition, total distance covered is not sensitive enough to inform decision-making during the fatigue monitoring process. |
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| Keywords: |
External load, Time motion analysis, Monitoring, Fatigue, Recovery, Muscle damage, Perceptualresponses, Neuromuscular performance |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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1 |