Greater volumes of high-intensity running lead to muscle-tendon injuries in professional Brazilian soccer players
The aim of this study was twofold: i) to compare the workload between injury condition and the control condition in professional Brazilian soccer players, and ii) to analyze the risk of muscle-tendon injury associated with increased weekly workload. Twenty-three muscle-tendon injuries related to 15...
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The aim of this study was twofold: i) to compare the workload between injury condition and the control condition in professional Brazilian soccer players, and ii) to analyze the risk of muscle-tendon injury associated with increased weekly workload. Twenty-three muscle-tendon injuries related to 15 professional Brazilian soccer players were considered for this retrospective study. Muscle-tendon injuries were recorded according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines, and the weekly accumulated workload was recorded through Global Position System devices. Higher weekly values of total distance (TD, 12.96%), high-intensity running (HIR, 16.06%) and high-speed running (HSR 29.46%) were observed for the injury condition when compared to the control condition. Furthermore, it was found that the risk of suffering a muscle-tendon injury is reduced by 56.77% (RR = 1.44) when the weekly TD is below 26698.6 m, by 45.1% (RR = 1.45) when the weekly HIR is below 3048.3 m, and by 17.86% (RR = 1.82) when the weekly HSR is below 1228.8 m. These results suggest that strength and conditioning coaches should adjust the training running demands based on the values related with an increased injury risk, considering the running demands from matches and avoiding abrupt changes in workload.
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| spelling | doaj-art-bc7b2effe56444d4bed8ef0cc405040f2025-08-20T03:28:21ZengAsociación Española de Ciencias del DeporteEuropean Journal of Human Movement2386-40952025-06-015410.21134/eurjhm.2025.54.4Greater volumes of high-intensity running lead to muscle-tendon injuries in professional Brazilian soccer players Javier Raya-González0Tomás García-Calvo1David Lobo-Triviño2Ana Rubio-Morales3Rodrigo dos Santos Guimarães4Daniel Castillo5Grupo de Investigación en Deporte y Educación Física para el Desarrollo Personal y Social (GIDEPSO), Department of Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Córdoba.Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of ExtremaduraUniversity of Extremadura. Faculty of Sport SciencesFaculty of Sport Sciences, University of ExtremaduraFaculty of Sport Sciences, University of ExtremaduraValoración del Rendimiento Deportivo, Actividad Física y Salud y Lesiones Deportivas (REDAFLED), Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education, Universidad de Valladolid, Soria. The aim of this study was twofold: i) to compare the workload between injury condition and the control condition in professional Brazilian soccer players, and ii) to analyze the risk of muscle-tendon injury associated with increased weekly workload. Twenty-three muscle-tendon injuries related to 15 professional Brazilian soccer players were considered for this retrospective study. Muscle-tendon injuries were recorded according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines, and the weekly accumulated workload was recorded through Global Position System devices. Higher weekly values of total distance (TD, 12.96%), high-intensity running (HIR, 16.06%) and high-speed running (HSR 29.46%) were observed for the injury condition when compared to the control condition. Furthermore, it was found that the risk of suffering a muscle-tendon injury is reduced by 56.77% (RR = 1.44) when the weekly TD is below 26698.6 m, by 45.1% (RR = 1.45) when the weekly HIR is below 3048.3 m, and by 17.86% (RR = 1.82) when the weekly HSR is below 1228.8 m. These results suggest that strength and conditioning coaches should adjust the training running demands based on the values related with an increased injury risk, considering the running demands from matches and avoiding abrupt changes in workload. http://www.eurjhm.com/index.php/eurjhm/article/view/952external loadmonitoringhigh-velocityperformancefootball |
| spellingShingle | Javier Raya-González Tomás García-Calvo David Lobo-Triviño Ana Rubio-Morales Rodrigo dos Santos Guimarães Daniel Castillo Greater volumes of high-intensity running lead to muscle-tendon injuries in professional Brazilian soccer players European Journal of Human Movement external load monitoring high-velocity performance football |
| title | Greater volumes of high-intensity running lead to muscle-tendon injuries in professional Brazilian soccer players |
| title_full | Greater volumes of high-intensity running lead to muscle-tendon injuries in professional Brazilian soccer players |
| title_fullStr | Greater volumes of high-intensity running lead to muscle-tendon injuries in professional Brazilian soccer players |
| title_full_unstemmed | Greater volumes of high-intensity running lead to muscle-tendon injuries in professional Brazilian soccer players |
| title_short | Greater volumes of high-intensity running lead to muscle-tendon injuries in professional Brazilian soccer players |
| title_sort | greater volumes of high intensity running lead to muscle tendon injuries in professional brazilian soccer players |
| topic | external load monitoring high-velocity performance football |
| url | http://www.eurjhm.com/index.php/eurjhm/article/view/952 |
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