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

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 1043-1052

  Schwellnus, Martin ^a   Soligard, Torbjørn ^b   Alonso, Juan Manuel ^c   Bahr, Roald ^c,d,e   Clarsen, Ben ^d,e   Dijkstra, H Paul ^c   Gabbett, Tim J ^f,g   Gleeson, Michael ^h   Hägglund, Martin ⁱ   Hutchinson, Mark R ^j   Van Rensburg, Christa Janse ^a   Meeusen, Romain ^k   Orchard, John W ^l   Pluim, Babette M ^m,n   Raftery, Martin ^o   Budgett, Richard ^b   Engebretsen, Lars ^b,d,p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b International Olympic Committee   (Switzerland)

^c ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e Health Department   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^k VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

ⁿ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o World Rugby House   (Ireland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Illness; Overtraining; Overtraining and burnout; Training; Training load

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETURN TO SPORT; RISK FACTOR; SPORTS MEDICINE; STANDARDS; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMARKERS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETURN TO SPORT; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS MEDICINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84985953121     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096572     Document Type: Article

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