Global Positioning System-Derived Workload Metrics and Injury Risk in Team-Based Field Sports: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the current literature regarding the utility of global positioning system (GPS)-derived workload metrics in determining musculoskeletal injury risk in team-based field-sport athletes.

Data sources

PubMed entries from January 2009 through May 2019 were searched using terms related to GPS, player workload, injury risk, and team-based field sports.

Study selection

Only studies that used GPS metrics and had injury as the main outcome variable were included.

Data extraction

Total distance, high-speed running, and acute : chronic workload ratios were the most common GPS metrics analyzed, with the most frequent sports being soccer, rugby, and Australian rules football.

Data synthesis

Many distinct workload metrics were associated with incr

SUBMITTER: Kupperman N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7534932 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature