The Most Demanding Match Periods: Should GPS Data be Normalized

University of Maia

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Sport; Most Demanding Periods

Treatments: Other: Assessment of most demanding periods in soccer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07321496

MDP_01

Details and patient eligibility

About

To date, the characterization of Most Demanding Periods (MDPs) in soccer has relied almost exclusively on absolute metrics, suggesting that the peak demands currently reported in the scientific literature are inherently shaped by these fixed thresholds. This reliance on such absolute metrics may lead to an under- or overestimation of the true relative intensity experienced by each player, thus limiting the accuracy of MDPs interpretation. Therefore, exploring whether normalized thresholds alter the magnitude of MDPs across a range of time windows (1, 3 and 5 minutes) is crucial to better understand how the most demanding passages of match play manifest when player-specific capacities are considered. Consequently, the aim of the present study was to compare the MDPs derived from absolute and normalized thresholds for HSR and sprinting.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Soccer players competing at the highest national level

Exclusion criteria

• Injured athletes

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

Soccer Players

Description:

Soccer players enrolled in the research project

Treatment:

Other: Assessment of most demanding periods in soccer