An Assessment of Heart Rate as a Tool for the Monitoring of Physiological Status in Soccer Players Following Competitive Match-play
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description: The area of recovery following soccer match play has become an increasingly popular area of focus in recent years. There is limited research around the activities and monitoring processes undertaken within elite soccer clubs. To the authors knowledge, there is only one previous research article that has attempted to understand the activities undertaken during this period within elite soccer (Nedelec et al., 2013). The aim of this thesis was to understand the activities undertaken by elite soccer players during the recovery period following match play and to investigate the suitability of the various approaches to monitor physiological status during the period. The aim of study 1 (Chapter 3) was to provide an overview of the activities undertaken by soccer players (n=53) during periods of the training week dedicated to recovery following match play. The findings of this study show that massage therapy accounted for the longest amount of time on matchday +1 (MD+1) (43min) and pitch based active recovery on matchday +2 (MD+2) (44min). Pool based active recovery was the most consistently completed method on MD+1 (64%) and pitch based active recovery on MD+2 (80%). These data may not only provide useful information on the recovery processes included in the training plans of elite soccer players but also give potential insights into the strategies that may be used to effectively monitor this recovery between games. The aim of study 2 (Chapter 4) was to determine if heart rate variability (HRV) obtained through a purpose built smartphone application measured on the first day (MD+1) and second day (MD+2) following match play can detect changes in the physical loads undertaken by elite soccer players (n=21). No significant relationships between any of the physical loading variables assessed in this study and smartphone derived HRV MD+1 or HRV MD+2 (natural logarithm of the square root of the mean squared differences of successive R-R intervals [Ln rMSSD]) were found. This su…
abstract: The area of recovery following soccer match play has become an increasingly popular area of focus in recent years. There is limited research around the activities and monitoring processes undertaken within elite soccer clubs. To the authors knowledge, there is only one previous research article that has attempted to understand the activities undertaken during this period within elite soccer (Nedelec et al., 2013). The aim of this thesis was to understand the activities undertaken by elite soccer players during the recovery period following match play and to investigate the suitability of the various approaches to monitor physiological status during the period. The aim of study 1 (Chapter 3) was to provide an overview of the activities undertaken by soccer players (n=53) during periods of the training week dedicated to recovery following match play. The findings of this study show that massage therapy accounted for the longest amount of time on matchday +1 (MD+1) (43min) and pitch based active recovery on matchday +2 (MD+2) (44min). Pool based active recovery was the most consistently completed method on MD+1 (64%) and pitch based active recovery on MD+2 (80%). These data may not only provide useful information on the recovery processes included in the training plans of elite soccer players but also give potential insights into the strategies that may be used to effectively monitor this recovery between games. The aim of study 2 (Chapter 4) was to determine if heart rate variability (HRV) obtained through a purpose built smartphone application measured on the first day (MD+1) and second day (MD+2) following match play can detect changes in the physical loads undertaken by elite soccer players (n=21). No significant relationships between any of the physical loading variables assessed in this study and smartphone derived HRV MD+1 or HRV MD+2 (natural logarithm of the square root of the mean squared differences of successive R-R intervals [Ln rMSSD]) were found. This su…
author: Orme, P
keywords: RC1200 Sports Medicine
date published: 2019-08
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:30:28Z
provider: Liverpool Jon Moores University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Liverpool John Moores University

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value: 10.24377/LJMU.t.00011194