Neuromuscular Load in Professional Women’s Handball: Segmentation of the Player Load and the Impacts at Group and Individual Level
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
2.2. Participants
Eligibility Criteria
2.3. Sample
2.4. Variables
2.5. Instruments
2.6. Procedure
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Practical Applications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | N | X ± SD | Minimum | Maximum |
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Player Load (a.u.) | 70 | 48.37 ± 14.29 | 11.54 | 78.64 |
PL/min | 70 | 0.67 ± 0.16 | 0.22 | 1.00 |
Horizontal Player Load (a.u.) | 70 | 31.26 ± 9.21 | 7.69 | 49.29 |
hPL/min | 70 | 0.43 ± 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.63 |
Vertical Player Load (a.u.) | 70 | 31.55 ± 9.53 | 7.39 | 53.15 |
vPL/min | 70 | 0.43 ± 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.67 |
Anteroposterior Player Load (a.u.) | 70 | 19.37 ± 5.65 | 4.99 | 30.03 |
apPL/min | 70 | 0.27 ± 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.38 |
Variable | Marginal R2 | Conditional R2 | AIC | ICC | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player Load (a.u.) | 0.34 | 0.85 | 492.44 | 0.78 | <0.001 |
Horizontal Player Load (a.u.) | 0.34 | 0.86 | 428.63 | 0.78 | <0.001 |
Vertical Player Load (a.u.) | 0.33 | 0.84 | 438.38 | 0.77 | <0.001 |
Anteroposterior Player Load (a.u.) | 0.37 | 0.83 | 367.38 | 0.72 | <0.001 |
Variable | N | X ± SD | Minimum | Maximum |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total impacts (counter) | 70 | 7196.91 ± 1757.88 | 2319 | 10,440 |
Total high impacts [>8G] (counter) | 70 | 27.83 ± 19.48 | 4.00 | 87 |
Total impacts [0–2 G] | 70 | 5829.71 ± 1360.27 | 2031 | 8347 |
Total impacts [2–4 G] | 70 | 1002.09 ± 343.82 | 273 | 1789 |
Total impacts [4–6 G] | 70 | 265.51 ± 120.24 | 10 | 567 |
Total impacts [6–8 G] | 70 | 71.77 ± 37.41 | 1 | 178 |
Total impacts [8–10 G] | 70 | 20.23 ± 14.44 | 3 | 67 |
Total impacts [>10 G] | 70 | 7.60 ± 6.14 | 0 | 27 |
Horizontal impacts (counter) | 70 | 7175.43 ± 2212.04 | 2211 | 11,308 |
High horizontal impacts [>8G] (counter) | 70 | 3.50 ± 3.26 | 0 | 15 |
Horizontal impacts [0–2 G] | 70 | 6646.17 ± 1995.46 | 2127 | 10,471 |
Horizontal impacts [2–4 G] | 70 | 464.29 ± 204.71 | 79 | 970 |
Horizontal impacts [4–6 G] | 70 | 52.09 ± 30.36 | 2 | 143 |
Horizontal impacts [6–8 G] | 70 | 9.39 ± 6.76 | 0 | 30 |
Horizontal impacts [8–10 G] | 70 | 2.19 ± 2.23 | 0 | 9 |
Horizontal impacts [>10 G] | 70 | 1.31 ± 1.80 | 0 | 11 |
Variable | Marginal R2 | Conditional R2 | AIC | ICC | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total impacts (counter) | 0.38 | 0.83 | 1171.38 | 0.73 | <0.001 |
Total high impacts | 0.12 | 0.68 | 581.43 | 0.64 | <0.001 |
Horizontal impacts (counter) | 0.35 | 0.84 | 1200.57 | 0.75 | <0.001 |
High horizontal impacts | 0.07 | 0.38 | 361.16 | 0.33 | <0.146 |
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Antúnez, A.; López-Sierra, P.; Vila-Suárez, H.; Ibáñez, S.J. Neuromuscular Load in Professional Women’s Handball: Segmentation of the Player Load and the Impacts at Group and Individual Level. Sensors 2024, 24, 5750. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175750
Antúnez A, López-Sierra P, Vila-Suárez H, Ibáñez SJ. Neuromuscular Load in Professional Women’s Handball: Segmentation of the Player Load and the Impacts at Group and Individual Level. Sensors. 2024; 24(17):5750. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175750
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntúnez, Antonio, Pablo López-Sierra, Helena Vila-Suárez, and Sergio J. Ibáñez. 2024. "Neuromuscular Load in Professional Women’s Handball: Segmentation of the Player Load and the Impacts at Group and Individual Level" Sensors 24, no. 17: 5750. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24175750