Assessing the whole-match and worst-case scenario locomotor demands of international women's rugby union match-play.

作者：Emily Sheppy, Samuel P. Hills, M. Russell, Ryan M Chambers, D. Cunningham, D. Shearer, S. Heffernan, M. Waldron, M. Mcnarry, L. Kilduff · 发表于：Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.1016/j.jsams.2019.12.016 · 被引用次数：34 · 研究领域：Medicine、Psychology

OBJECTIVES To profile the distances covered during international women's rugby union match-play and assess the duration-specific worst-case scenario locomotor demands over 60-s to 600-s epochs, whilst comparing the values determined by fixed epoch (FIXED) versus rolling average (ROLL) methods of worst-case scenario estimation and assessing positional influences. DESIGN Descriptive, observational. METHODS Twenty-nine international women's rugby union players wore 10Hz microelectromechanical systems during eight international matches (110 observations). Total, and per-half, distances were recorded, whilst relative total and high-speed (>4.4ms-1) distances were averaged using FIXED and ROLL methods over 60-600-s. Linear mixed models compared distances covered between match halves, assessed FIXED versus ROLL, and examined the influence of playing position. RESULTS Players covered ∼5.8kmmatch-1, with reduced distances in the second- versus first-half (p<0.001). For worst-case scenario total (∼8-25%) and high-speed (∼10-26%) distance, FIXED underestimated ROLL. In ROLL, worst-case scenario relative total and high-speed distances reduced from ∼144-161mmin-1 and ∼30-69mmin-1 over 60-s, to ∼8089mmin-1 and ∼516mmin-1 in the 600-s epoch, respectively. Forwards performed less high-speed running over all epochs and covered less total distance during epochs of 60-s, 180-s, 420-s and 480-s, compared with backs. Front row players typically returned the lowest locomotor demands. CONCL...