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Session Rating of Perceived Exertion (s.RPE) and the relationship/interaction on perceived recovery in professional football players. Cuttell, S 1., Harvey, J 1., Genner, K 1., and Kinnafick, F 2. Institutions: 1. Moulton College. 2. University of Northampton. @SaulCuttell Results Introduction • Training below optimal levels can cause failure to achieve • Significant positive relationships were found between total wellness and sleep (r=0.89, P≤.001) and stress (r=0.76, P≤.001). both physical and psychological adaptation, whilst training above optimal levels can lead to over training. Therefore, it is • Session ratings of perceived exertion also reported a significant negative moderate relationship with sleep (r=-.46, P≤.005). vital that athletes and coaches have valid and reliable methods to monitor training and recovery. • Session ratings of perceived exertion is a method used for monitoring training load in athletes, which requires the athlete to subjectively rate the intensity of their prior training session (Wallace et al., 2008, Strength and Conditioning Journal, 30(6), 72-76). • The perceived recovery scale is a subjective rating scale often used by athletes and coaches to estimate the recovery status of an athlete. Despite evidenced success as measures of training load, there has yet to be an investigation in to how these subjective measures relate to recovery status. • Therefore, the aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between session ratings of perceived exertion and recovery. Methods • Twenty three male professional football players were • There was also a significant positive relationship found between perceived recovery and total wellness (r=0.69, P≤.005) and randomly sampled from a professional football club (mean ± muscle soreness and fatigue (r=0.82, P≤.001). SD: 23 ± 5 years). All were required to complete an informed consent form prior to data collection and were informed of their right to withdraw at any point during testing. • Participants were asked to fill out a perceived recovery status questionnaire every day at the same time of day for a period of 4 weeks to standardise data collection. • Thirty minutes following each training session participants were asked to provide a value from the session ratings of perceived exertion scale. • Ratings of perceived exertion load were obtained by multiplying the duration of each training session (minutes) by the intensity assigned to that session from the session ratings of perceived exertion scale. These values were recorded from the end of a competitive football session. • Session ratings of perceived exertion, ratings of perceived exertion load, and perceived recovery data were analysed using a Pearson’s correlation to determine the relationship Discussion • Using subjective measures (wellness and S.RPE) to help quantify between the different constructs. training loads in elite athletes provides an easy and accessible • University of Northampton and Moulton College ethics method to inform coaches and sports scientists. committees provided ethical approval. • An interesting area that is growing in popularity is the use of sleep quality and duration to help identify injury prevalence. Future research should aim to investigate wellness, recovery, sleep quality and injury.
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Acknowledgements • We would like to acknowledge the help and insights of Mr Craig Smith.
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