Editorial: Acute: Chronic Workload Ratio: Is There Scientific Evidence?
Hassane Zouhal, Daniel Boullosa, Rodrigo Ramírez‐Campillo, Ajmol Ali, Urs Granacher
Abstract
[EN] The scientific monitoring of athletes is fundamental to determine and understand the individual \nbiological responses to training (Halson, 2014). In elite sports, it is crucial to regularly monitor \ntraining and performance to detect biopositive or negative responses that can be used to effectively \nprogram training according to the needs of each athlete (Bourdon et al., 2017). Moreover, workload \nmonitoring can also help to assess fatigue and indicate the need for recovery in different physically \ndemanding situations to ultimately avoid injuries (Halson, 2014). As there is evidence that lower \ninjury rates are associated with higher team sport performances (Eirale et al., 2013), sport scientists \nand medical staff should regularly and accurately evaluate athletes’ injury risk using workload \nmeasures (Halson, 2014)