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Does load management using the acute:chronic workload ratio prevent health problems? A cluster randomised trial of 482 elite youth footballers of both sexes by Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen; John Bjørneboe; Benjamin Clarsen; Markus Vagle; Morten Wang Fagerland; Thor Einar Andersen is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background The acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR) is commonly used to manage training load in sports, particularly to reduce injury risk. However, despite its extensive application as a prevention intervention, the effectiveness of load management using ACWR has never been evaluated in an experimental study. ## Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of a load management intervention designed to reduce the prevalence of health problems among elite youth football players of both sexes. ## Methods We cluster-randomised 34 elite youth football teams (16 females, 18 males) to an intervention group (18 teams) and a control group (16 teams). Intervention group coaches planned all training based on published ACWR load management principles using a commercially available athlete management system for a complete 10-month season. Control group coaches continued to plan training as normal. The prevalence of health problems was measured monthly in both groups using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre Questionnaire on Health Problems. ## Results The between-group difference in health problem prevalence (primary outcome) was 1.8%-points (−4.1 to 7.7 %-points; p=0.55) with no reduction in the li
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- Author
- Torstein Dalen-Lorentsen; John Bjørneboe; Benjamin Clarsen; Markus Vagle; Morten Wang Fagerland; Thor Einar Andersen
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)