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ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2016

How much is too much? (Part 1) International Olympic Committee consensus statement on load in sport and risk of injury.

Torbjørn Soligard, Martin Schwellnus, Juan-Manuel Alonso, Roald Bahr, Ben Clarsen, H Paul Dijkstra, Tim Gabbett, Michael Gleeson, Martin Hägglund, Mark R Hutchinson and 8 more

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In one paragraph

Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07411339 (Gingko Active App-based Personalized Exercise Training for Middle-Aged and Older Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 344 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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344citing papers in PubMed, 13 pooled it
59.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07411339 nawithdrawnnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Gingko Active App-based Personalized Exercise Training for Middle-Aged and Older Adults

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreRan2026 to 2027Enrolled0ConditionsHealthy Adult Participants, Controlled Hypertension, Controlled DiabetesArmsGinkgo App-based Exercise Training, NIA Booklet Exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

344 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 944 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Physical Demands during Official Competitions in Elite Handball: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  13. A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Workload and Injury Risk of Professional Male Soccer Players.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 13 institutions in 12 countries.

Torbjørn SoligardMedical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8863-4574
Martin SchwellnusSection Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute for Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Research, University of Pretoria, Hatfield,Pretoria, South Africa.
Juan-Manuel AlonsoSports Medicine Department, Aspetar, Qatar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Roald BahrSports Medicine Department, Aspetar, Qatar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway Olympic Training Center (Olympiatoppen), Oslo, Norway.
Ben ClarsenOslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway Olympic Training Center (Olympiatoppen), Oslo, Norway.
H Paul DijkstraSports Medicine Department, Aspetar, Qatar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Tim GabbettSchool of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Michael GleesonSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Martin HägglundDepartment of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6883-1471
Mark R HutchinsonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Christa Janse van RensburgSection Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute for Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Research, University of Pretoria, Hatfield,Pretoria, South Africa.
Karim M KhanDepartment of Family Practice, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Romain MeeusenHuman Physiology Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
John W OrchardSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Babette M PluimMedical Department, Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association, Amersfoort, The Netherlands Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health, VUmc/AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Martin RafteryWorld Rugby, Dublin, Ireland.
Richard BudgettMedical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Lars EngebretsenMedical and Scientific Department, International Olympic Committee, Lausanne, Switzerland Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
International Olympic Committee · CHIdrettssenteret (Norway) · NOQatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital · QAUniversity of Pretoria · ZALinköping University · SELoughborough University · GBRoyal Dutch Lawn Tennis Federation · NLThe University of Queensland · AUThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USVrije Universiteit Brussel · BEWorld Rugby · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Athletes participating in elite sports are exposed to high training loads and increasingly saturated competition calendars. Emerging evidence indicates that poor load management is a major risk factor for injury. The International Olympic Committee convened an expert group to review the scientific evidence for the relationship of load (defined broadly to include rapid changes in training and competition load, competition calendar congestion, psychological load and travel) and health outcomes in sport. We summarise the results linking load to risk of injury in athletes, and provide athletes, coaches and support staff with practical guidelines to manage load in sport. This consensus statement includes guidelines for (1) prescription of training and competition load, as well as for (2) monitoring of training, competition and psychological load, athlete well-being and injury. In the process, we identified research priorities.

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Athletic InjuriesAthletic PerformanceCumulative Trauma DisordersEarly DiagnosisFemaleHumansMalePhysical Education and TrainingPractice Guidelines as TopicProfessional PracticeReturn to SportRisk FactorsSports MedicineStress, PsychologicalTravelWorkloadFatigueInjuryLoadRecoveryWell-being

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PMID27535989
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