Load, capacity and health: critical pieces of the holistic performance puzzle

Verhagen, Evert; Gabbett, Tim J.

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2018-099819

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“…The relationship between training, performance and injury has been of interest to researchers and practitioners for considerable time 1 5–15. Both individual16 and team17–19 performance can be explained, at least in part by training load, with higher training loads generally associated with better performance.…”

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Debunking the myths about training load, injury and performance: empirical evidence, hot topics and recommendations for practitioners

Gabbett¹

2018

Br J Sports Med

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Section: Myth 1: Load Explains All Injuriesmentioning

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Debunking the myths about training load, injury and performance: empirical evidence, hot topics and recommendations for practitioners

Gabbett¹

2018

Br J Sports Med

114

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“…Elite athletes have an increased risk of sustaining sports injuries 1. Injury directly affects performance through reduced load capacity, which impacts, for example, muscle strength, tissue integrity and thus the ability to perform 2. The elite sports context is a performance-driven environment, where the goal is to improve performance and where injuries impact sport performance negatively 3.…”

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Letting the cat out of the bag: athletes, coaches and physiotherapists share their perspectives on injury prevention in elite sports

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ObjectivesTo explore how sports injury prevention takes place in elite sport practice and to describe the perspectives of athletes, coaches and physiotherapists regarding the most critical factors that help prevent injury in the elite sports context.MethodsQualitative study. Semistructured interviews with 19 international level athletes, coaches and physiotherapists, from different Olympic sports. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using comparative data analysis based on Grounded Theory.ResultsThe participants perceived injury risk as an inherent part of elite sports, because athletes try to enhance performance by pushing their limits. Participants described injury prevention as a learning process that changed over time, based on their sports experience and the injuries that they had sustained along their career. Communication among the athletes, coaches and physiotherapists was described as a key component of the injury prevention process. Study participants emphasised the relevance of teamwork and shared responsibility. Performance was presented as the core of the athlete’s daily practice, indicating that injury prevention can be a means to that end but is not a goal in itself for this community.ConclusionParticipants perceive injury prevention as part of elite sports and thus embrace the need for injury prevention. Injury prevention strategies in elite sports were described as a learning process, following the dynamic nature of training for maximal performance. Performance is the participants’ main goal.

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“…Fourth, in accordance with common injury research methodology, we used linear regression analysis to evaluate the significance of risk factors 32. However, recent literature pointed out the importance of non-linear analysis for risk factors and addressed the complex inter-relations between factors 33–35. Fifth, we had a relative low number of ankle injury cases in the two subgroups (men and women).…”

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Dynamic balance and ankle injury odds: a prospective study in 196 Dutch physical education teacher education students

2019

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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate whether dynamic balance, measured with the anterior component of the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT-ANT), is a risk factor for ankle injuries in physical education teacher education (PETE) students.Design and settingA prospective monocentre study in first-year PETE students.ParticipantsA total of 196 subjects, of which 137 men (70%) and 59 women (30%).Outcome measuresThis study consisted of measures of the SEBT-ANT at baseline (September 2015) and an injury registration procedure during a follow-up period (September 2015–June 2016). The association between the SEBT-ANT score and subsequent ankle injury was analysed with generalised estimating equations analysis at the leg level.ResultsMen and women had an average SEBT-ANT score of, respectively, 65.1% and 67.7% of leg length. In 20 (15%) subjects, the first injured body site involved the ankle. Across all participants, a below average SEBT-ANT score was not associated with increased ankle injury odds (OR OR=2.43, 95% CI: 0.94 to 6.29, p=0.07). In men, a below average SEBT-ANT score indicated sevenfold increased odds for ankle injury (OR=7.06, 95% CI: 1.43 to 34.92, p=0.02). In women, this relationship was not significant (OR=0.72, 95% CI: 0.19 to 2.71, p=0.62).ConclusionsBelow average normalised SEBT-ANT scores were associated with sevenfold likelihood for ankle injuries in men. In contrast, no relationship was found for the SEBT-ANT score and ankle injuries in woman. These results may provide directions for the implementation of screening tools, as part of an injury prevention programme, to identify male PETE students with an increased likelihood for ankle injuries.

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Load, capacity and health: critical pieces of the holistic performance puzzle

Cited by 26 publications

References 7 publications

Debunking the myths about training load, injury and performance: empirical evidence, hot topics and recommendations for practitioners

Debunking the myths about training load, injury and performance: empirical evidence, hot topics and recommendations for practitioners

Letting the cat out of the bag: athletes, coaches and physiotherapists share their perspectives on injury prevention in elite sports

Dynamic balance and ankle injury odds: a prospective study in 196 Dutch physical education teacher education students

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