Workload and well-being across games played on consecutive days during in-season phase in basketball players

Conte, Daniele; Kamarauskas, Paulius; Ferioli, Davide; Scanlan, Aaron T.; Kamandulis, Sigitas; Paulauskas, Henrikas; Lukonaitienė, Inga

doi:10.23736/s0022-4707.20.11396-3

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“…Several researchers have studied the effect of competitive basketball games on fatigue levels and most indicate a cumulative workload effect, especially with multiple games played per week. [118][119][120][121] Furthermore, Rubin et al 118 detected significant seasonal changes in the articular cartilage of basketball players and regional differences in the articular cartilage that are indicative of basketball-specific stress on the femoral cartilage. Thus, maintaining adequate muscle mass and strength about the lower extremities can be particularly challenging for the basketball player, especially in a full 82game season as played in the National Basketball Association.…”

Section: Injury Prevention and Recoverymentioning

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Blood Flow Restriction Enhances Rehabilitation and Return to Sport: The Paradox of Proximal Performance

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McCulloch

Harris

et al. 2022

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation

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The use of blood flow restriction (BFR) within rehabilitation is rapidly increasing as further research is performed elucidating purported benefits such as improved muscular strength and size, neuromuscular control, decreased pain, and increased bone mineral density. Interestingly, these benefits are not isolated to structures distal to the occlusive stimulus. Proximal gains are of high interest to rehabilitation professionals, especially those working with patients who are limited due to pain or postsurgical precautions. The review to follow will focus on current evidence and ongoing hypotheses regarding physiologic responses to BFR, current clinical applications, proximal responses to BFR training, potential practical applications for rehabilitation and injury prevention, and directions for future research. Interestingly, benefits have been found in musculature proximal to the occlusive stimulus, which may lend promise to a greater variety of patient populations and conditions. Furthermore, an increasing demand for BFR use in the sports world warrants further research for performance research and recovery. Level of Evidence: Level V, expert opinion.

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Section: Injury Prevention and Recoverymentioning

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Blood Flow Restriction Enhances Rehabilitation and Return to Sport: The Paradox of Proximal Performance

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Harris

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Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation

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“…Although multiple investigations have measured the PL and PL/min during official games and games-based drills in basketball (Schelling and Torres, 2016;Fox et al, 2018;Vázquez-Guerrero et al, 2018, 2019aPino-Ortega et al, 2019;Conte et al, 2020;Fernández-Leo et al, 2020;García et al, 2020;O'Grady et al, 2020;Portes et al, 2020;Ransdell et al, 2020), no study has assessed the external load imposed during single basketball-specific activities measured via TMA. To the best of our knowledge, a similar approach was previously used only in netball, with two official games analyzed via TMA and IMUs, revealing that on average the highest PL was registered during off-ball guarding actions (Bailey et al, 2017).…”

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“…The index takes into account the instantaneous rate of change of acceleration and divides it by a scaling factor of 100 (Nicolella et al, 2018). The reliability of PL (within-device CV = 0.91-1.05%, between-device CV = 1.02-1.90%) has been previously assessed (Boyd et al, 2011) and this metric has been widely used in basketball (Schelling and Torres, 2016;Fox et al, 2017Fox et al, , 2018Pino-Ortega et al, 2019;Vázquez-Guerrero et al, 2019a,b;Conte et al, 2020;García et al, 2020;Lukonaitienė et al, 2020;Portes et al, 2020;Ransdell et al, 2020;Russell et al, 2020).…”

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“…Specifically, training and game load can be determined in terms of internal (e.g., heart rate, hematological markers, Session-Rating of Perceived Exertion) and external (e.g., frequency and duration of activities, distance covered) responses (Fox et al, 2017). Recent research has increasingly focused on quantifying the external demands imposed on basketball players during games (Conte et al, 2020;Ferioli et al, 2020b,c). The assessment of external load in basketball becomes particularly useful when also accounting for the role of contextual factors such as playing position and ball possession status, given that differences have been shown to exist with respect to these variables (Puente et al, 2017;Stojanović et al, 2018;Vázquez-Guerrero et al, 2018, 2019bPino-Ortega et al, 2019;Ferioli et al, 2020b;Fernández-Leo et al, 2020;García et al, 2020;Ransdell et al, 2020).…”

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Assessing the External Load Associated With High-Intensity Activities Recorded During Official Basketball Games

Pernigoni

Ferioli²,

Butautas

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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Load monitoring in basketball is fundamental to develop training programs, maximizing performance while reducing injury risk. However, information regarding the load associated with specific activity patterns during competition is limited. This study aimed at assessing the external load associated with high-intensity activities recorded during official basketball games, with respect to different (1) activity patterns, (2) playing positions, and (3) activities performed with or without ball. Eleven male basketball players (six backcourt, five frontcourt, age: 20.5 ± 1.1 years, stature: 191.5 ± 8.7 cm, body mass: 86.5 ± 11.3 kg; experience: 8.5 ± 2.4 years) competing in the Lithuanian third division were recruited for this study. Three in-season games were assessed via time-motion analysis and microsensors. Specifically, the high-intensity activities including sprints, high-intensity specific movements (HSM) and jumps were identified and subsequently the external load [PlayerLoad™ (PL) and PlayerLoad™/min (PL/min)] of each activity was determined. Linear mixed models were used to examine differences in PL, PL/min and mean duration between activity pattern, playing positions and activities performed with or without ball. Results revealed PL was lower in jumps compared to sprints [p < 0.001, effect size (ES) = 0.68] and HSMs (p < 0.001, ES = 0.58), while PL/min was greater in sprints compared to jumps (p = 0.023, ES = 0.22). Jumps displayed shorter duration compared to sprints (p < 0.001, ES = 1.10) and HSMs (p < 0.001, ES = 0.81), with HSMs lasting longer than sprints (p = 0.002, ES = 0.17). Jumps duration was longer in backcourt than frontcourt players (p < 0.001, ES = 0.33). When considering activity patterns combined, PL (p < 0.001, ES = 0.28) and duration (p < 0.001, ES = 0.43) were greater without ball. Regarding HSMs, PL/min was higher with ball (p = 0.036, ES = 0.14), while duration was longer without ball (p < 0.001, ES = 0.34). The current findings suggest that external load differences in high-intensity activities exist among activity patterns and between activities performed with and without ball, while no differences were found between playing positions. Practitioners should consider these differences when designing training sessions.

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“…Moreover, the schedule of the basketball season for teams competing at a high level (i.e. semi-professional, professional) might be characterized by a congested match schedule, which could induce high fatigue and low readiness to play [ 3 , 6 – 8 ]. Therefore, monitoring the workload imposed by basketball training and matches is fundamental to monitor fatigue, identifying injury risk, and determining player readiness to perform [ 8 – 11 ].…”

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Changes in salivary markers during basketball long-term and short-term training periods: a systematic review

Kamarauskas¹,

Conte²

2022

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Changes in salivary markers have been largely assessed during different modalities of long-term and short-term basketball training across different basketball populations. The aim of this paper was to systematically review the literature assessing changes in salivary markers in basketball following long-term and short-term training periods. An electronic database search of articles published until October 2020 was completed in PubMed, SPORTDiscus, Scopus and Web of Science. Studies were then screened and selected using pre-defined selection criteria with 1080 articles identified. After removing 690 duplicates, 390 articles were included for screening, which revealed 15 articles that met the inclusion criteria. The main findings revealed no changes in testosterone (T), cortisol (C) or their ratio (T:C), while contrasting results were found in immunoglobulin A (IgA) and total protein (TP) levels across long-term periodized training periods in different basketball populations. The analysis of short-term training periods showed that strength-hypertrophy training induced higher C levels compared to a non-exercising day, one-power training and one-endurance training session in female basketball players, while no changes were evident for T and IgA. Moreover, the analysis of salivary markers in response to small-sided games (SSGs) documented a large-to-moderate increase in alpha-amylase (AA) from pre- to post-SSG and inconsistent results of C and T across differently designed SSGs. The current results provide a detailed description of salivary marker changes in response to different basketball long- and short-term training periods, which can help practitioners in designing sound training programmes to optimize players’ fitness and health status across different phases of the season.

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Workload and well-being across games played on consecutive days during in-season phase in basketball players

Cited by 21 publications

References 26 publications

Blood Flow Restriction Enhances Rehabilitation and Return to Sport: The Paradox of Proximal Performance

Blood Flow Restriction Enhances Rehabilitation and Return to Sport: The Paradox of Proximal Performance

Assessing the External Load Associated With High-Intensity Activities Recorded During Official Basketball Games

Changes in salivary markers during basketball long-term and short-term training periods: a systematic review

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