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dc.contributor.authorTiernan, Caoimhe
dc.contributor.authorLyons, Mark
dc.contributor.authorComyns, Tom
dc.contributor.authorNevill, Alan M
dc.contributor.authorWarrington, Giles
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-20T11:00:45Z
dc.date.available2019-06-20T11:00:45Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-29
dc.identifier.citationTiernan, C., Lyons M., Comyns, T., Nevill, A. and Warrington, G. (2019) Investigation of the Relationship Between Salivary Cortisol, Training Load and Subjective Markers of Recovery in Elite Rugby Union Players, International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 0(0), pp. 1-24. DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.2018-0945.
dc.identifier.pmid31034263
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/ijspp.2018-0945en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/622457
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE:Insufficient recovery can lead to a decrease in performance and increase the risk of injury and illness. The aim of this study was to evaluate salivary cortisol as a marker of recovery in elite Rugby Union players. METHOD:Over a 10-week pre-season training period, 19 male elite Rugby Union players provided saliva swabs bi-weekly (Monday and Friday morning). Subjective markers of recovery were collected every morning of each training day. Session Rating of Perceived Exertion (sRPE) was taken after every training session and training load was calculated (sRPE x session duration). RESULTS:Multi-level analysis found no significant association between salivary cortisol and training load or subjective markers of recovery (all, p>0.05), over the training period. Compared to baseline (week 1), Monday salivary cortisol significantly increased in weeks 4 (14.94 ± 7.73 ng.ml; p=0.04), 8 (16.39 ± 9.53 ng.ml; p=0.01) and 9 (15.41 ± 9.82 ng.ml; p=0.02) and Friday salivary cortisol significantly increased in weeks 5 (14.81 ± 8.74 ng.ml; p=0.04) and 10 (15.36 ± 11. 30 ng.ml; p=0.03). CONCLUSIONS:The significant increase in salivary cortisol on certain Mondays may indicate players did not physically recover from the previous week of training or match at the weekend. The increased Friday cortisol levels and subjective marker of perceived fatigue indicated increased physiological stress from the weeks training. Regular monitoring of salivary cortisol combined with appropriate planning of training load, may allow sufficient recovery, to optimise training performance.en
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHuman Kineticsen
dc.relation.urlhttps://journals.humankinetics.com/doi/pdf/10.1123/ijspp.2018-0945en
dc.subjectInternal Loaden
dc.subjectMonitoring Markersen
dc.subjectPhysiological Stressen
dc.subjectReadiness to Trainen
dc.subjectSalivary Hormonesen
dc.titleInvestigation of the Relationship Between Salivary Cortisol, Training Load and Subjective Markers of Recovery in Elite Rugby Union Players.en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1555-0273
dc.identifier.journalInternational journal of sports physiology and performanceen
dc.date.updated2019-06-12T13:32:21Z
dc.contributor.institution1 Department of Physical Education and Sport Science (PESS), University of Limerick.
pubs.place-of-publicationUnited States
dc.date.accepted2019-04-01
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhamptonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW200619ANen
rioxxterms.versionAMen
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2019-06-20en
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dc.source.issue0
dc.source.beginpage1
dc.source.beginpage1
dc.source.endpage24
dc.source.endpage24
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refterms.dateFOA2019-06-20T11:00:45Z


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