A substantial amount of research has tested the relationship between training load and
injury. 1 Given that sports injuries compromise team success, 2 3 team administrators …

Background The relationship between training load and musculoskeletal injury is a rapidly
advancing area of research in need of an updated systematic review. Objective This …

Despite increased knowledge on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury mechanisms,
improved surgical techniques, improved understanding of ACL biomechanics and enhanced …

Context: Most available data on athletic development training models focus on adult or
professional athletes, where increasing workload capacity and performance is a primary …

Background There has been a recent increase in research examining training load as a
method of mitigating injury risk due to its known detrimental effects on player welfare and …

Injuries in football exert negative impacts on team performance 1 and club finance. 2
Hamstring strain injuries (HSI) are consistently the most prevalent time loss injury in football …

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate potential moderators (ie lower body
strength, repeated-sprint ability [RSA] and maximal velocity) of injury risk within a team-sport …

Background The acute: chronic workload ratio (ACWR) is an index of the acute workload
relative to the cumulative chronic workloads. The monitoring of physical workloads using the …

Purpose Low injury rates have previously been correlated with sporting team success,
highlighting the importance of injury prevention programs. Recent methods, such as acute …

In part 2 of this clinical commentary, we highlight the conceptual and methodologic pitfalls
evident in current training-load–injury research. These limitations make these studies …