title: Objective and subjective methods for quantifying training load in wheelchair basketball small-sided games.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to analyse the training load in wheelchair basketball small-sided games and determine the relationship between heart rate (HR)-based training load and perceived exertion (RPE)-based training load methods among small-sided games bouts. HR-based measurements of training load included Edwards' training load and Stagno's training impulses (TRIMPMOD) while RPE-based training load measurements included cardiopulmonary (session RPEres) and muscular (session RPEmus) values. Data were collected from 12 wheelchair basketball players during five consecutive weeks. The total load for the small-sided games sessions was 67.5 ± 6.7 and 55.3 ± 12.5 AU in HR-based training load (Edwards' training load and TRIMPMOD), while the RPE-based training loads were 99.3 ± 26.9 (session RPEres) and 100.8 ± 31.2 AU (session RPEmus). Bout-to-bout analysis identified greater session RPEmus in the third [P < 0.05; effect size (ES) = 0.66, moderate] and fourth bouts (P < 0.05; ES = 0.64, moderate) than in the first bout, but other measures did not differ. Mean correlations indicated a trivial and small relationship among HR-based and RPE-based training loads. It is suggested that HR-based and RPE-based training loads provide different information, but these two methods could be complementary because one method could help us to understand the limitations of the other.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Education and Sport , University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU , Vitoria-Gasteiz , Spain.
authors.forename: Aitor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iturricastillo
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Education and Sport , University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU , Vitoria-Gasteiz , Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Granados
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Education and Sport , University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU , Vitoria-Gasteiz , Spain.
authors.forename: Asier
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Los Arcos
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Education and Sport , University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU , Vitoria-Gasteiz , Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yanci
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001490:Basketball / Q000502:physiology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D064797:Physical Conditioning, Human / Q000379:methods*; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D014910:Wheelchairs; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Para-sport; heart rate; rating of perceived exertion; training load; training tasks