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How much is too much? (Part 1) international olympic committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury.

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Soligard, Torbjørn, Schwellnus, Martin, Alonso, Juan-Manuel, Bahr, Roald, Clarsen, Ben, Dijkstra, H Paul, Gabbett, Tim, Gleeson, Michael, Hägglund, Martin, Hutchinson, Mark R, Janse van Rensburg, Christa, Khan, Karim M, Meeusen, Romain, Orchard, John W, Pluim, Babette M, Raftery, Martin, Budgett, Richard, Engebretsen, Lars·2016·British Journal of Sports Medicine
DOI 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096581
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Athletes participating in elite sports are exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendars. Emerging evidence indicates that poor load management is a major risk factor for injury. The International Olympic Committee convened an expert group to review the scientific evidence for the relationship of load (defined broadly to include rapid changes in training and competition load, competition calendar congestion, psychological load and travel) and health outcomes in sport. We summarise the results linking load to risk of injury in athletes, and provide athletes, coaches and support staff with practical guidelines to manage load in sport. This consensus statement includes guidelines for (1) prescription of training and competition load, as well as for (2) monitoring of training, competition and psychological load, athlete well-being and injury. In the process, we identified research priorities.

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Authors
Soligard, T., Schwellnus, M., Alonso, J.-M., Bahr, R., Clarsen, B., Dijkstra, H. P., Gabbett, T., Gleeson, M., Hägglund, M., Hutchinson, M. R., Janse van Rensburg, C., Khan, K. M., Meeusen, R., Orchard, J. W., Pluim, B. M., Raftery, M., Budgett, R., & Engebretsen, L.
Affiliations
  • International Olympic Committee (CH)
  • University of Pretoria (ZA)
  • Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital (QA)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • Loughborough University (GB)
  • Linköping University (SE)
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Federation (NL)
  • World Rugby (IE)
Corresponding author
Soligard, Torbjørn
ORCID
Venue
British Journal of Sports Medicine
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2016-08-17
Volume
50
Issue
17
Pages
1030-1041
ISSN
  • 0306-3674 (ISSN-L)
  • 1473-0480
DOI
10.1136/bjsports-2016-096581
OpenAlex
W4211011355
Cited by
1,041
References
212
Citations by year
2026: 126 · 2025: 125 · 2024: 105 · 2023: 107 · 2022: 114 · 2021: 118 · 2020: 126 · 2019: 80 · 2018: 86 · 2017: 50 · 2016: 4
FWCI
89.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Loughborough University Research Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
  • UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria) (submittedVersion)
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
Funders
International Olympic Committee
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports injuries and prevention
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
Keywords
training load, injury risk, load management, psychological burden, training load prescription, load monitoring, athlete well-being, elite athletes, consensus recommendations
MeSH terms
Return to Sport, Athletic Injuries, Female, Humans, Male, Physical Education and Training, Professional Practice, Cumulative Trauma Disorders, Risk Factors, Sports Medicine, Stress, Psychological, Travel, Workload, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Early Diagnosis, Athletic Performance

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