SynthesisJournal of athletic training2020
Global Positioning System-Derived Workload Metrics and Injury Risk in Team-Based Field Sports: A Systematic Review.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- High-speed running and injury risk in soccer: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The Correlations Between Training Load Parameters and Physical Performance Adaptations in Team Sports: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Games Missed for Rest or Load Management and Injury in the National Basketball Association, 2014-15 Through 2022-23.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Observational
- Scoping review of methods of monitoring acute changes in lower body neuromuscular function via force plates.PloS one · 2025Article
- Quantifying Trunk Impact Dynamics and Workload with Inertial Sensors in Goalball Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Wearable Sensors and the Evaluation of Physiological Performance in Elite Field Hockey Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Effect of playing position and microcycle days on the acceleration speed profile of elite football players.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Using global navigation satellite systems for modeling athletic performances in elite football players.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Training Load and Injury: Causal Pathways and Future Directions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Review
- Physiological Monitoring Detected Changes During Women's Soccer Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.Cureus · 2021Article
- Athlete Workloads During Collegiate Women's Soccer Practice: Implications for Return to Play.Journal of athletic training · 2021Observational
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- Elite Junior Australian Football Players With Impaired Wellness Are at Increased Injury Risk at High Loads.Sports healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the current literature regarding the utility of global positioning system (GPS)-derived workload metrics in determining musculoskeletal injury risk in team-based field-sport athletes. DATA SOURCES: PubMed entries from January 2009 through May 2019 were searched using terms related to GPS, player workload, injury risk, and team-based field sports. STUDY SELECTION: Only studies that used GPS metrics and had injury as the main outcome variable were included. DATA EXTRACTION: Total distance, high-speed running, and acute : chronic workload ratios were the most common GPS metrics analyzed, with the most frequent sports being soccer, rugby, and Australian rules football. DATA SYNTHESIS: Many distinct workload metrics were associated with increased injury risk in individual studies performed in particular sport circumstances; however, the body of evidence was inconclusive as to whether any specific metrics could consistently predict injury risk across multiple team-based field sports.
conclusionsOur results were inconclusive in determining if any GPS-derived workload metrics were associated with an increased injury risk. This conclusion is due to a myriad of factors, including differences in injury definitions, workload metrics, and statistical analyses across individual studies.
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