How much is too much? (Part 2) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of illness

The modern-day athlete participating in elite sports is exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendar. Emerging evidence indicates that inappropriate load management is a significant risk factor for acute illness and the overtraining syndrome. The IOC convened an exp...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:British journal of sports medicine Vol. 50; no. 17; pp. 1043 - 1052
Main Authors: Schwellnus, Martin, Soligard, Torbjørn, Alonso, Juan-Manuel, Bahr, Roald, Clarsen, Ben, Dijkstra, H Paul, Gabbett, Tim J, Gleeson, Michael, Hägglund, Martin, Hutchinson, Mark R, Janse Van Rensburg, Christa, Meeusen, Romain, Orchard, John W, Pluim, Babette M, Raftery, Martin, Budgett, Richard, Engebretsen, Lars
Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.09.2016
BMJ Publishing Group
Subjects:
Acute Disease - epidemiology
Acute Disease - therapy
Athletes - education
Athletes with disabilities
Athletic Injuries - etiology
Athletic Injuries - physiopathology
Athletic Performance - physiology
Biomarkers - analysis
Consensus Statement
Cumulative Trauma Disorders - etiology
Cumulative Trauma Disorders - physiopathology
Epidemiology
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Females
Health Promotion - methods
Healthy Diet
Humans
Immune System - physiology
Male
Males
Olympic games
Paralympic Games
Physical Education and Training
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Professional Practice - standards
Return to Sport - physiology
Risk Factors
Rugby
Sports injuries
Sports Medicine
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Studies
Summer
Terminology as Topic
Tournaments & championships
Travel
Travel medicine
Well being
Winter sports
Workload
Training
Overtraining
Overtraining and burnout
Training load
Illness
ISSN:0306-3674, 1473-0480, 1473-0480
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The modern-day athlete participating in elite sports is exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendar. Emerging evidence indicates that inappropriate load management is a significant risk factor for acute illness and the overtraining syndrome. The IOC convened an expert group to review the scientific evidence for the relationship of load—including rapid changes in training and competition load, competition calendar congestion, psychological load and travel—and health outcomes in sport. This paper summarises the results linking load to risk of illness and overtraining in athletes, and provides athletes, coaches and support staff with practical guidelines for appropriate load management to reduce the risk of illness and overtraining in sport. These include guidelines for prescription of training and competition load, as well as for monitoring of training, competition and psychological load, athlete well-being and illness. In the process, urgent research priorities were identified.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 14
ObjectType-News-1
content type line 25
ObjectType-Feature-4
ObjectType-Conference-2
SourceType-Conference Papers & Proceedings-1
ObjectType-Article-3
content type line 23
ISSN:0306-3674
1473-0480
1473-0480
DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2016-096572