@article{ref1,
title="Understanding the association between external training load measures and injury risk in elite Gaelic football",
journal="Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness",
year="2020",
author="Malone, Shane and Collins, Kieran and McRoberts, Allistar and Doran, Dominic",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The current investigation examined the association between external training load variables and injury risk within elite Gaelic football.   METHODS: Workload and injury variables were collected from thirty-seven elite Gaelic footballers (mean ± SD age of 24.2 ± 2.9 yr) from one elite squad across a two-season observational period. External training load variables included total distance (m), High speed running (m; ≥17.1 km·h-1), Sprint distance (m; 22 km·h-1), Accelerations (n), Average metabolic power (W·kg-1), high-power distance (m; ≥ 25 W·kg-1). Cumulative 1-weekly, 2-weekly, 3-weekly and 4-Weekly training loads; Acute: Chronic workload ration(ACWR) were analysed across specific distributions of Low, Moderate and High loading with respect to a reference group of the measure quantified. General estimating equations were utilised to understand the association of these variables with injury risk.   RESULTS: Strong associations (AUC> 0.50) were observed amongst models developed for one weekly loading for relative distance, average metabolic power and high-power indices with similar trends observed for two, three and four weekly which showed a strong positive association within injury risk for all external loading metrics (AUC > 0.50), with average metabolic power, and high-power distance showing the strongest association across the three-four week loading scales (AUC > 0.60). When the ACWR was considered for external load measures these showed a positive linear association with injury risk (AUC > 0.50). When intensity measures were considered relative distance showed an associated risk for injury across one and two-weekly models but not three and four weekly models. When odds risk association was considered a consistent trend towards moderate loading across external loading measures was apparent within the observed cohort.   CONCLUSIONS: The current investigation reports for the first time the injury association for external loading measures within elite Gaelic football. Data show that a range of measures are associated with increased or decreased injury risk depending on the loading scheme applied by coaches within elite Gaelic football.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4707",
doi="10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11206-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11206-4"
}