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Sex-related changes in physical performance, wellbeing and neuromuscular function of elite Touch players during a four-day international tournament.
Dobbin, Nick Highton, Jamie Thorpe, Cari Twist, Craig
Dobbin, Nick
Highton, Jamie
Thorpe, Cari
Twist, Craig
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2020-08-18
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Purpose: To examine the within- and between-sex physical performance, wellbeing and neuromuscular function responses across a four-day international touch rugby (Touch) tournament. Methods: Twenty females and twenty-one males completed measures of wellbeing (fatigue, soreness, sleep, mood, stress) and neuromuscular function (countermovement jump (CMJ) height, peak power output (PPO) and peak force (PF)) during a 4-day tournament with internal, external and perceptual loads recorded for all matches. Results: Relative and absolute total, low- (females) and high-intensity distance was lower on day 3 (males and females) (ES = -0.37 to -0.71) compared to day 1. Mean heart rate was possibly to most likely reduced during the tournament (except day 2 males) (ES = -0.36 to -0.74), whilst RPE-TL was consistently higher in females (ES = 0.02 to 0.83). The change in mean fatigue, soreness and overall wellbeing were unclear to most likely lower (ES = -0.33 to -1.90) across the tournament for both sexes, with greater perceived fatigue and soreness in females on days 3-4 (ES = 0.39 to 0.78). Jump height and PPO were possibly to most likely lower across days 2-4 (ES = -0.30 to -0.84), with greater reductions in females (ES = 0.21 to 0.66). Wellbeing, CMJ height, and PF were associated with changes in external, internal and perceptual measures of load across the tournament (2 = -0.37 to 0.39). Conclusions: Elite Touch players experience reductions in wellbeing, neuromuscular function and running performance across a 4-day tournament, with notable differences in fatigue and running between males and females, suggesting sex-specific monitoring and intervention strategies are necessary.
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Dobbin, N., Thorpe, C., Highton, J., & Twist, C. (2020). Sex-related changes in physical performance, well-being, and neuromuscular function of elite touch players during a 4-day international tournament. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 15(8), 1138–1146. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0594
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Human Kinetics
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International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
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Accepted author manuscript version reprinted, by permission, from International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2020, 15(8): 1138–1146, https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2019-0594. © Human Kinetics, Inc.
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1555-0265
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1555-0273