Accelerometer detected lateral sway during a submaximal running test correlates with endurance exercise performance in elite Australian male cricket players

Fabian Garcia-Byrne; Thomas P Wycherley; Chris Bishop; Stephen Schwerdt; Jonathon Porter; Jonathan D Buckley

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2019.12.003

Accelerometer detected lateral sway during a submaximal running test correlates with endurance exercise performance in elite Australian male cricket players

J Sci Med Sport. 2020 May;23(5):519-523. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.12.003. Epub 2019 Dec 9.

Authors

Fabian Garcia-Byrne¹, Thomas P Wycherley², Chris Bishop³, Stephen Schwerdt⁴, Jonathon Porter⁴, Jonathan D Buckley²

Affiliations

¹ University of South Australia, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia; South Australian Cricket Association (SACA), Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Dr, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia. Electronic address: Fabian.garcia-byrne@mymail.unisa.edu.au.
² University of South Australia, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia.
³ University of South Australia, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia; The Biomechanics Lab, 91 Kensington Rd, Norwood, South Australia 5067, Australia.
⁴ South Australian Cricket Association (SACA), Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Dr, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, Australia.

PMID: 31862337
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2019.12.003

Abstract

Objective: To identify whether movement patterns during a standardized submaximal running test (SSRT), assessed by accelerometry, were associated with improvements in endurance exercise performance.

Design: A retrospective analysis of data collected from the 2018-2019 Australian cricket preseason.

Methods: Thirty-nine high-performance male cricket players were studied (25±3 years, 82±6kg, 183±6cm). SSRT was performed monthly prior to a two kilometre (km) running time trial (2kmTT). SSRT involved running between markers, positioned twenty metres apart, for three minutes. Foot strikes were timed to a metronome (154beats/min) to elicit a running speed of ˜eight km/h. Triaxial accelerometers were worn in vests on the upper back and used to assess PlayerLoad medio-lateral vector (PL1D_side%), vertical vector (PL1D_up%) and anterior-posterior vector (PL1D_fwd%) were assessed.

Results: 2kmTT performance improved over the study period (p<0.05). PlayerLoad vectors during the first minute of SSRT were not related to 2kmTT performance (p>0.23). During the second and third minutes there were positive associations between 2kmTT (run time) and PL1D_side% (SSRT_2min, β 2.12, p<0.03, 95% CI: 0.22-4.01; SSRT3_min, β 2.30, p<0.03, 95% CI:0.32-4.29), but not PL1D_up% (SSRT_2min, β -0.15, p=0.77, 95% CI: -1.13-0.83; SSRT_3min, β -0.15, p=0.77, 95% CI: -1.11-0.87) or PL1D_fwd% (SSRT_2min, β -0.45, p=0.42, 95% CI: -1.49-0.62; SSRT_3min, B-0.45, p=0.40, 95% CI: -1.51-0.60).

Conclusion: Assessment of PL1D_side% during the second or third minutes of SSRT may inform how an athlete's endurance exercise performance is responding to changes in training load.

Keywords: Fatigue; PlayerLoad; Two kilometre time trial.

MeSH terms

Accelerometry*
Adult
Athletic Performance / physiology*
Australia
Cricket Sport*
Geographic Information Systems
Humans
Male
Physical Endurance*
Retrospective Studies
Running*
Wearable Electronic Devices
Young Adult