British Journal of Sports Medicine· 2016Q1
How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury
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Short summary
High training and competition loads, including rapid load changes, calendar congestion, psychological stress, and travel, are linked to increased injury risk in elite athletes.
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Key points
- Poor load management is a major risk factor for injury in elite athletes.
- Load is defined broadly, encompassing training/competition intensity, calendar congestion, psychological stress, and travel.
- The consensus statement offers guidelines for prescribing and monitoring training and competition load.
- Guidelines also cover monitoring psychological load and athlete well-being to prevent injuries.
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Abstract
Athletes participating in elite sports are exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendars. Emerging evidence indicates that poor load management is a major risk factor for injury. The International Olympic Committee convened an expert group to review the scientific evidence for the relationship of load (defined broadly to include rapid changes in training and competition load, competition calendar congestion, psychological load and travel) and health outcomes in sport. We summarise the results linking load to risk of injury in athletes, and provide athletes, coaches and support staff with practical guidelines to manage load in sport. This consensus statement includes guidelines for (1) prescription of training and competition load, as well as for (2) monitoring of training, competition and psychological load, athlete well-being and injury. In the process, we identified research priorities.
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