Welling, N. (Naomi) (2017) Recovery during and after an elite women’s Rugby Sevens tournament: time courses and the influence of match load. thesis, Sport Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Background Rugby Sevens tournaments are played at an extremely high match frequency with up to 3 matches a day. This means recovery after matches is of utmost importance to maintain performance during tournaments. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the time course of neuromuscular recovery, self-reported recovery and self-reported well-being. The second aim is to assess the influence of match load on recovery during an elite women’s Rugby Sevens tournament. Methods External match load was measured during the tournament using time motion analysis and notational analysis. Internal match load was derived from Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scores after each match. The repeated countermovement jump (CMJ), Total Quality of Recovery (TQR) and Well-Being (WB) Questionnaire were filled out 24h pre-tournament, match day 1 and match day 2 and 24h and 60h post-tournament. Results TQR scores and WB scores decreased significantly (p < 0.01) from match day 1 to match day 2 (16.3 ± 1.30 to 13.0 ± 1.41 and 19.7 ± 1.56 to 14.9 ± 2.74 for TQR and WB respectively) and did not recover to pre-match values, even 60h post-tournament. Neuromuscular recovery on the other hand, was not affected during the tournament. It was found that sprinting distance (p < 0.001 for CMJ, p < 0.05 for TQR and WB) was the match load indicator that was associated with the impairments in recovery. Conclusion It can be concluded that self-reported recovery and well-being are impaired during Rugby Sevens tournaments, but neuromuscular recovery remained unaffected. In addition, sprinting distance contributed most to these decrements in recovery. This study provides important insights into the recovery process during a Rugby Sevens tournament. Key words: countermovement jump, Total Quality of Recovery, Rating of Perceived Exertion, internal match load, external match load, time motion analysis, team sports.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Brink, M. and Doeven, S. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2022 10:11 |
| Last Modified: | 11 May 2022 10:11 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3281 |
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