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Monitoring stress and recovery: new insights for the prevention of injuries and illnesses in elite youth soccer players

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Brink, Michel S, Visscher, Chris, Arends, Suzanne, Zwerver, Johannes, Post, Wendy J, Lemmink, Koen APM·2010·British Journal of Sports Medicine
DOI 10.1136/bjsm.2009.069476
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OBJECTIVE: Elite youth soccer players have a relatively high risk for injuries and illnesses due to increased physical and psychosocial stress. The aim of this study is to investigate how measures to monitor stress and recovery, and its analysis, provide useful information for the prevention of injuries and illnesses in elite youth soccer players. METHODS: 53 elite soccer players between 15 and 18 years of age participated in this study. To determine physical stress, soccer players registered training and match duration and session rating of perceived exertion for two competitive seasons by means of daily training logs. The Dutch version of the Recovery Stress Questionnaire for athletes (RESTQ-Sport) was administered monthly to assess the psychosocial stress-recovery state of players. The medical staff collected injury and illness data using the standardised Fédération Internationale de Football Association registration system. ORs and 95% CIs were calculated for injuries and illnesses using multinomial regression analyses. The independent measures were stress and recovery. RESULTS: During the study period, 320 injuries and 82 illnesses occurred. Multinomial regression demonstrated that physical stress was related to both injury and illness (range OR 1.01 to 2.59). Psychosocial stress and recovery were related the occurrence of illness (range OR 0.56 to 2.27). CONCLUSIONS: Injuries are related to physical stress. Physical stress and psychosocial stress and recovery are important in relation to illness. Individual monitoring of stress and recovery may provide useful information to prevent soccer players from injuries and illnesses.

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Authors
Brink, M. S., Visscher, C., Arends, S., Zwerver, J., Post, W. J., & Lemmink, K. A.
Affiliations
University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
Corresponding author
Brink, Michel S
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Venue
British Journal of Sports Medicine
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2010-05-29
Volume
44
Issue
11
Pages
809-815
ISSN
  • 0306-3674 (ISSN-L)
  • 1473-0480
DOI
10.1136/bjsm.2009.069476
OpenAlex
W2159499326
Cited by
276
References
34
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FWCI
6.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
Funders
ZonMw
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports injuries and prevention
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
Keywords
youth football players, physical stress, psychosocial stress, recovery, injury prevention, disease prevention, session rating of perceived exertion, training load, RESTQ-Sport, elite youth athletes, injury risk factors
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Athletic Injuries, Humans, Male, Netherlands, Prospective Studies, Cumulative Trauma Disorders, Risk Factors, Soccer, Stress, Physiological, Stress, Psychological, Incidence, Recovery of Function

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