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Accelerometry-Workload Indices Concerning Different Levels of Participation during Congested Fixture Periods in Professional Soccer: A Pilot Study Conducted over a Full Season

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  • Filipe Manuel Clemente

    (Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
    Instituto de Telecomunicações, Delegação da Covilhã, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Rui Silva

    (Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal)

  • Yung-Sheng Chen

    (Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Taipei, Taipei 11153, Taiwan)

  • Rodrigo Aquino

    (Center of Physical Education and Sports, Department of Sports, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitoria 29075-910, Brazil)

  • Gibson Moreira Praça

    (Sports Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil)

  • Julen Castellano

    (Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of Basque Country UPV EHU, 48940 Vitoria, Spain)

  • Hadi Nobari

    (Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 81746-73441, Iran
    Sports Scientist, Sepahan Football Club, Isfahan 81346-13119, Iran)

  • Bruno Mendes

    (Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisboa, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Thomas Rosemann

    (Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Beat Knechtle

    (Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
    Medbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, Vadianstrasse 26, 9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the variations of acute load (AL), acute: chronic workload ratio (ACWR), training monotony (TM), and training strain (TS) of accelerometry-based GPS measures in players who started in three matches (S3M), two matches (S2M), and one match (S1M) during congested weeks. Nineteen elite professional male players from a Portuguese team (age: 26.5 ± 4.3 years) were monitored daily using global positioning systems (GPSs) over a full season (45 weeks). Accelerometry-derived measures of high metabolic load distance (HMLD), high accelerations (HA), and high decelerations (HD) were collected during each training session and match. Seven congested weeks were classified throughout the season, and the participation of each player in matches played during these weeks was codified. The workload indices of AL (classified as ACWR, TM, and TS) were calculated weekly for each player. The AL of HMLD was significantly greater for S2M than S1M (difference = 42%; p = 0.002; d = 0.977) and for S3M than S1M (difference = 44%; p = 0.001; d = 1.231). Similarly, the AL of HA was significantly greater for S2M than S1M (difference = 25%; p = 0.023; d = 0.735). The TM of HD was significantly greater for S2M than S3M (difference = 25%; p = 0.002; d = 0.774). Accelerometry-based measures were dependent on congested fixtures. S2M had the greatest TS values, while S3M had the greatest TM.

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  • Filipe Manuel Clemente & Rui Silva & Yung-Sheng Chen & Rodrigo Aquino & Gibson Moreira Praça & Julen Castellano & Hadi Nobari & Bruno Mendes & Thomas Rosemann & Beat Knechtle, 2021. "Accelerometry-Workload Indices Concerning Different Levels of Participation during Congested Fixture Periods in Professional Soccer: A Pilot Study Conducted over a Full Season," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(3), pages 1-9, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:3:p:1137-:d:488681
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    1. Hadi Nobari & Sara Mahmoudzadeh Khalili & Rafael Oliveira & Alfonso Castillo-Rodríguez & Jorge Pérez-Gómez & Luca Paolo Ardigò, 2021. "Comparison of Official and Friendly Matches through Acceleration, Deceleration and Metabolic Power Measures: A Full-Season Study in Professional Soccer Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-9, June.

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