SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2024
Intensity Zones and Intensity Thresholds Used to Quantify External Load in Competitive Basketball: A Systematic Review.
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- Effects of Player Characteristics and Periodization Strategies on External and Internal Loads, Wellness, and Recovery in Collegiate Male Basketball Players.Journal of strength and conditioning research · 2026Article
- Game load dynamics in basketball: influence of playing position and match progression.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Monitoring game load across quarters in professional basketball: positional differences and contextual effects.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- A comparison between the planned and actual external loads experienced during training in a professional, male basketball team.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- A comprehensive analysis of internal and external load monitoring systems in basketball.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Tracking key metrics: fluctuations in external and internal load across game quarters in collegiate basketball players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between External Load and Player Performance in Elite Female 3 × 3 Basketball Games: A Markerless Motion Capture Approach.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Physical Workload Patterns in U-18 Basketball Using LPS and MEMS Data: A Principal Component Analysis by Quarter and Playing Position.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effect of Speed Threshold Approaches for Evaluation of External Load in Male Basketball Players.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Physical, Physiological, Technical and Tactical Responses According to the Playing Position in Male Basketball: A Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundDespite widespread use of intensity zones to quantify external load variables in basketball research, the consistency in identifying zones and accompanying intensity thresholds using predominant monitoring approaches in training and games remains unclear.
objectivesThe purpose of this work was to examine the external load intensity zones and thresholds adopted across basketball studies using video-based time-motion analysis (TMA), microsensors, and local positioning systems (LPS).
methodsPubMed, MEDLINE, and SPORTDiscus databases were searched from inception until 31 January 2023 for studies using intensity zones to quantify external load during basketball training sessions or games. Studies were excluded if they examined players participating in recreational or wheelchair basketball, were reviews or meta-analyses, or utilized monitoring approaches other than video-based TMA, microsensors, or LPS.
resultsFollowing screening, 86 studies were included. Video-based TMA studies consistently classified jogging, running, sprinting, and jumping as intensity zones, but demonstrated considerable variation in classifying low-intensity (standing and walking) and basketball-specific activities. Microsensor studies mostly utilized a single, and rather consistent, threshold to identify only high-intensity activities (> 3.5 m·s
conclusionsNotable inconsistencies were mostly evident for low-intensity activities, basketball-specific activities, and between the different monitoring approaches. Accordingly, we recommend further research to inform the development of consensus guidelines outlining suitable approaches when setting external load intensity zones and accompanying thresholds in research and practice.
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