Diagnosing Overtraining Syndrome: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Overtraining syndrome (OTS) is a condition characterized by a long-term performance decrement, which occurs after a persisting imbalance between training-related and nontraining-related load and recovery. Because of the lack of a gold standard diagnostic test, OTS remains a diagnosis of exclusion.

Objective

To systematically review and map biomarkers and tools reported in the literature as potentially diagnostic for OTS.

Data sources

PubMed, Web of Science, and SPORTDiscus were searched from database inception to February 4, 2021, and results screened for eligibility. Backward and forward citation tracking on eligible records were used to complement results of database searching.

Study selection

Studies including athletes with a likely OTS diagnosis, as

SUBMITTER: Carrard J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9460078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature