@Article{Makni2023,
journal="Biology of Sport",
issn="0860-021X",
volume="40",
number="2",
year="2023",
title="Fatigue score as a promising complementing training monitoring tool: a pilot study in elite rugby sevens players",
abstract="The aim of this study was to compare physical and hormonal responses of seventeen elite rugby sevens players over a 6-week intense training block (IT) and a consecutive 2-week tapering period (TAP), using a fatigue cut-off score of 20 as a potential moderating variable. Training was monitored by daily training load (TL) and strain (TS) (using the session rating of perceived exertion [sRPE]) and also the weekly total score of fatigue (TSF; 8-item questionnaire tool). Testing and 24 h urinary cortisol (CL), cortisone (CN), adrenaline (AD) and noradrenalin (NAD) concentrations were also analysed before (T0) and after IT (T1) and after the TAP (T2). Players were assigned to group 1 with a TSF above 20 (G1 > 20, n = 9) and group 2 with a TSF below 20 (G2   20 than in G2   20 than in G2 < 20. After the TAP, TSF, TL and TS returned to baseline values for both groups, with an increase in performance standards and normalization in hormone levels. We suggest that a TSF greater than or equal to 20 could be considered as a fatigue threshold generating hormone disturbance and performance decrement, making it a potentially useful preventive and complementary training monitoring tool.",
author="Makni, Emna
and Bouaziz, Taieb
and Chamari, Karim
and Tarwneh, Raghad
and Moalla, Wassim
and Elloumi, Mohamed",
pages="513--520",
doi="10.5114/biolsport.2023.116011",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2023.116011"
}