Meijdam, J. (Job) (2017) Understanding recovery in elite soccer players: do training load and psychosocial stress contribute? thesis, Sport Sciences.
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The aim of this study was to investigate how external and internal training load indicators are related to recovery. In addition, the influence psychosocial stress on recovery is studied. External and internal training load indicators and recovery scores of 21 elite soccer players (age 24.4 ± 3.3) were monitored during the first six months of the season. External load was determined with the use of: duration (minutes), total distance covered (m), high intensity running (HIR) distance (m), and the number of accelerations and decelerations. Furthermore the session rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and internal load were collected after each training session. The total quality of recovery scores were recorded the subsequent day before training. The external and internal training load indicators are measured for one day and for three day periods. Based on the combination of days with activities and resting days four different time periods can be distinguished (AAA, RAA, ARA, AAR). During a month in the second half of the season training load was also monitored. After this month the Recovery Stress Questionnaire for athletes (RESTQ-Sport) was administered to assess the experienced psychosocial stress of players. Multilevel modelling was used to create the best models. The one day period explained 22% of the variance in recovery. Internal load was the indicator that explained the most variance in recovery (14%). The AAA, RAA, ARA, and AAR periods explained 22%, 40%, 60, 5%, 7%, respectively, of the variance in recovery. Psychosocial stress added 3% explained variance in recovery. In conclusion, training load plays an important role in the recovery following training. Accumulation and periodization of training load influence recovery. Periods with at least two consecutive days of training explained most of variance in recovery. Furthermore, results showed that psychosocial stress impairs recovery. Keywords: Football, team sports, physical performance, fatigue, wellness
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Brink, M. (Michel) and Frencken, dr. W.G.P. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2022 10:23 |
| Last Modified: | 10 May 2022 10:23 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3254 |
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