Table 1 Between-group differences in the full season weekly average for workload variables, training monotony and training strain.

From: Weekly variations of accelerometer variables and workload of professional soccer players from different positions throughout a season

 

Mean (SD)

Comparative

Mean difference (95% CI)

P

Cohen's d (95% CI)

CV (%)

wAW (AU)

LDW: 547.24 (31.87)

LDW vs CDF

20.8 (− 67.7 to 109.4)

1.000

− 0.41 (− 1.44 to 0.61)

13.27

CDF: 526.43 (60.57)

LDW vs MDF

73.8 (− 18.6 to 166.2)

0.148

− 1.03 (− 2.15 to 0.10)

MDF: 473.40 (96.46)

CDF vs MDF

53.0 (− 42.2 to 148.2)

0.476

− 0.62 (− 1.74 to 0.49)

wCW (AU)

LDW: 541.32 (32.43)

LDW vs CDF

9.8 (− 79.7 to 99.4)

1.000

− 0.19 (− 1.20 to 0.83)

13.47

CDF: 531.48 (64.14)

LDW vs MDF

72.0 (− 21.4 to 165.4)

0.171

− 1.01 (− 2.13 to 0.11)

MDF: 469.32 (95.20)

CDF vs MDF

62.2 (− 34.1 to 158.4)

0.317

− 0.72 (− 1.85 to 0.40)

wACWR (AU)

LDW: 1.05 (0.04)

LDW vs CDF

− 0.001 (− 0.071 to 0.068)

1.000

0.02 (− 0.99 to 1.04)

4.61

CDF: 1.05 (0.04)

LDW vs MDF

− 0.031 (− 0.104 to 0.041)

0.806

0.24 (− 0.82 to 1.30)

MDF: 1.06 (0.05)

CDF vs MDF

− 0.030 (− 0.105 to 0.045)

0.905

0.22 (− 0.87 to 1.31)

wTM (AU)

LDW: 1.95 (0.56)

LDW vs CDF

0.31 (− 0.57 to 1.18)

1.000

− 0.48 (− 1.51 to 0.55)

37.32

CDF: 1.65 (0.65)

LDW vs MDF

0.46 (− 0.45 to 1.38)

0.593

− 0.67 (− 1.76 to 0.41)

MDF: 1.49 (0.73)

CDF vs MDF

0.16 (− 0.79 to 1.10)

1.000

− 0.21 (− 1.30 to 0.88)

wTS (AU)

LDW: 1120.15 (305.50)

LDW vs CDF

199.8 (− 347.6 to 747.1)

1.000

− 0.52 (− 1.55 to 0.51)

42.15

CDF: 920.37 (418.21)

LDW vs MDF

327.4 (− 243.8 to 898.6)

0.443

− 0.78 (− 1.87 to 0.32)

MDF: 792.77 (487.42)

CDF vs MDF

127.6 (− 460.8 to 716.0)

1.000

− 0.26 (− 1.36 to 0.83)

wMPA (W·kg−1)

LDW: 32.60 (5.51)

LDW vs CDF

3.3 (− 6.6 to 13.2)

1.000

− 0.47 (− 1.50 to 0.55)

25.14

CDF: 29.29 (7.62)

LDW vs MDF

6.7 (− 3.7 to 17.1)

0.314

− 0.88 (− 1.99 to 0.23)

MDF: 25.90 (8.83)

CDF vs MDF

3.4 (− 7.3 to 14.1)

1.000

− 0.39 (− 1.49 to 0.71)

wMPA/wAW

LDW: 0.060 (0.010)

LDW vs CDF

0.004 (− 0.009 to 0.018)

1.000

− 0.46 (− 1.49 to 0.56)

17.38

CDF: 0.055 (0.009)

LDW vs MDF

0.007 (− 0.007 to 0.021)

0.593

− 0.63 (− 1.71 to 0.45)

MDF: 0.056 (0.010)

CDF vs MDF

0.002 (− 0.012 to 0.017)

1.000

− 0.21 (− 1.30 to 0.88)

  1. AU, arbitrary units; wAW, weekly average acute workload in AU; wCW, weekly average chronic workload in AU; wACWR, weekly average acute:chronic workload ratio in AU; wTM, weekly average training monotony in AU; wTS, weekly average training strain in AU; wMPA, weekly metabolic power average in watts per kilo-gram; wMPA/wAW, ratio between weekly metabolic power average and weekly average acute work-load; LDW, lateral defenders and wingers; CDF, central defenders and for-wards; and MDF, midfielders; P, P-value at alpha level 0.05; Cohen's d (95% CI), Cohen’s d effect size magnitude with 95% confidence interval; CV, coefficient of variations for overall team as percentage.
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