Editorial: Acute: Chronic Workload Ratio: Is There Scientific Evidence?

Abstract

[EN] The scientific monitoring of athletes is fundamental to determine and understand the individual biological responses to training (Halson, 2014). In elite sports, it is crucial to regularly monitor training and performance to detect biopositive or negative responses that can be used to effectively program training according to the needs of each athlete (Bourdon et al., 2017). Moreover, workload monitoring can also help to assess fatigue and indicate the need for recovery in different physically demanding situations to ultimately avoid injuries (Halson, 2014). As there is evidence that lower injury rates are associated with higher team sport performances (Eirale et al., 2013), sport scientists and medical staff should regularly and accurately evaluate athletes’ injury risk using workload measures (Halson, 2014)