Enright, K, Malone, J, Green, M and Hay, G (2019) Workload and injury in professional soccer players: Role of injury tissue type and injury severity. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 41 (2). pp. 89-97. ISSN 0172-4622

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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine the influence of workload prior to injury on injury (tissue type and severity) in professional soccer players. Twenty-eight days of retrospective training data prior to non-contact injuries (n=264) were retrospectively collated from 192 professional soccer players. Each injury tissue type (muscle, tendon and ligament) and severity (days missed) were categorised by medical staff. Training data were recorded using global positioning system (GPS) devices for total distance (TD), high speed distance (HSD; >5.5 m/s-1) and sprint distance (SPR; >7.0 m/s-1 19). Accumulated 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- weekly loads, coupled, uncoupled, EWMA 1:3 and 1:4 acute: chronic workload ratios (ACWR) were calculated for total distance (TD), and compared using a one-way ANOVA. Injury severity and ACWRs were compared using a bivariate correlation. There were no differences in accumulated 1-, 2-, 3- and 4- weekly loads and ACWR calculations between muscle, ligament and tendon injuries (P > 0.05). Correlations between each workload calculation and injury severity highlighted no significant associations (P > 0.05). The present findings suggest that the ability of accumulated weekly workload or ACWR methods to differentiate between injury type are limited using the present variables.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is the author's version of an article that has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. When published, the final version will be available from https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/journal/10.1055/a-0997-6741
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 0913 Mechanical Engineering
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports > GV711 Coaching G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports
Divisions:	Sport & Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	Thieme Publishing
Date Deposited:	04 Dec 2019 13:05
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2022 15:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1055/a-0997-6741
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11846

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