title: Training Load Monitoring in Team Sports: A Novel Framework Separating Physiological and Biomechanical Load-Adaptation Pathways.
abstract: There have been considerable advances in monitoring training load in running-based team sports in recent years. Novel technologies nowadays offer ample opportunities to continuously monitor the activities of a player. These activities lead to internal biochemical stresses on the various physiological subsystems; however, they also cause internal mechanical stresses on the various musculoskeletal tissues. Based on the amount and periodization of these stresses, the subsystems and tissues adapt. Therefore, by monitoring external loads, one hopes to estimate internal loads to predict adaptation, through understanding the load-adaptation pathways. We propose a new theoretical framework in which physiological and biomechanical load-adaptation pathways are considered separately, shedding new light on some of the previously published evidence. We hope that it can help the various practitioners in this field (trainers, coaches, medical staff, sport scientists) to align their thoughts when considering the value of monitoring load, and that it can help researchers design experiments that can better rationalize training-load monitoring for improving performance while preventing injury.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, Bus 1501, 3001, Leuven, Belgium. jos.vanrenterghem@kuleuven.be.|Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. jos.vanrenterghem@kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Jos
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1682-8430
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vanrenterghem
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Niels Jensby
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Nedergaard
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Drust
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D056352:Athletes; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D012420:Running; D013177:Sports
keywords: Global Position System; Muscle Soreness; Physiological Load; Team Sport; Training Load