RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP 1030
OP 1041
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096581
VO 50
IS 17
A1 Torbjørn Soligard
A1 Martin Schwellnus
A1 Juan-Manuel Alonso
A1 Roald Bahr
A1 Ben Clarsen
A1 H Paul Dijkstra
A1 Tim Gabbett
A1 Michael Gleeson
A1 Martin Hägglund
A1 Mark R Hutchinson
A1 Christa Janse van Rensburg
A1 Karim M Khan
A1 Romain Meeusen
A1 John W Orchard
A1 Babette M Pluim
A1 Martin Raftery
A1 Richard Budgett
A1 Lars Engebretsen
YR 2016
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/17/1030.abstract
AB 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.