RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness
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 1043
OP 1052
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096572
VO 50
IS 17
A1 Schwellnus, Martin
A1 Soligard, Torbjørn
A1 Alonso, Juan-Manuel
A1 Bahr, Roald
A1 Clarsen, Ben
A1 Dijkstra, H Paul
A1 Gabbett, Tim J
A1 Gleeson, Michael
A1 Hägglund, Martin
A1 Hutchinson, Mark R
A1 Janse Van Rensburg, Christa
A1 Meeusen, Romain
A1 Orchard, John W
A1 Pluim, Babette M
A1 Raftery, Martin
A1 Budgett, Richard
A1 Engebretsen, Lars
YR 2016
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/17/1043.abstract
AB The modern-day athlete participating in elite sports is exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendar. Emerging evidence indicates that inappropriate load management is a significant risk factor for acute illness and the overtraining syndrome. The IOC convened an expert group to review the scientific evidence for the relationship of load—including rapid changes in training and competition load, competition calendar congestion, psychological load and travel—and health outcomes in sport. This paper summarises the results linking load to risk of illness and overtraining in athletes, and provides athletes, coaches and support staff with practical guidelines for appropriate load management to reduce the risk of illness and overtraining in sport. These include guidelines for prescription of training and competition load, as well as for monitoring of training, competition and psychological load, athlete well-being and illness. In the process, urgent research priorities were identified.