Table 7.
Typical patterns of subjective measures to acute changes in training load and chronic training
| Acute | Chronic | n | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increased training load | Decreased training load | Ongoing training | ||
| POMS | ||||
| Total mood disturbance | ↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ? | 27 |
| Tension | ? | ↑↑ | – | 27 |
| Depression | ?- | – – | – – | 28 |
| Anger | ? | ↑↑ | ? | 28 |
| Confusion | – – | – – | – – – | 27 |
| Vigour | ↓↓↓ | ↑↑ | ? | 29 |
| Fatigue | ↓↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ? | 30 |
| Recovery-Stress Index | ↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ↓ | 7 |
| Stress | ↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ↓↓ | 10 |
| General stress | – – | ↑↑ | ↓↓↓ | 11 |
| Emotional stress | – – | ? | – – | 11 |
| Social stress | – – | ↑↑ | ↓↓ | 11 |
| Conflicts/pressure | – – – | – – – | ↓↓↓ | 11 |
| Fatigue | ↓↓↓ | ↑↑ | ↓↓ | 11 |
| Lack of energy | – – – | – – | ↓↓↓ | 11 |
| Physical symptoms | ↓↓ | ↑↑ | – – | 11 |
| Injury | ↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ?- | 11 |
| Emotional exhaustion | – – | – – | – – | 11 |
| Disturbed breaks | – – – | – – | – – | 11 |
| Recovery | ↓↓ | ↑↑ | ↓↓ | 10 |
| Social recovery | – – | – – – | – – – | 11 |
| Physical recovery | ↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ↓↓ | 11 |
| General well-being | ↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ↓↓↓ | 11 |
| Sleep quality | – – – | – – | – – | 11 |
| Success | – – – | – – – | ↓↓ | 11 |
| Being in shape | ↓↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ↓↓ | 11 |
| Personal accomplishment | – – – | – – – | ↓↓ | 11 |
| Self-efficacy | – – | – – | – – | 11 |
| Self-regulation | – – – | – – – | ↓↓↓ | 11 |
| SFMS | ||||
| Overtraining score | ↓ | ↑ | – – | 4 |
| DALDA | ||||
| Sources of stress | – – – | – – – | – | 4 |
| Symptoms of stress | ↓↓↓ | ↑↑↑ | ↓ | 5 |
| STAI | ||||
| State anxiety | – | 1 | ||
| CSAI-2 | ||||
| Cognitive anxiety | – | 1 | ||
| Somatic anxiety | ? | 1 | ||
| Self-confidence | ? | 1 | ||
| PSS | ? | ↑ | 1 | |
| MTDS | ||||
| Total score | ↓ | 1 | ||
| All subscales | 0 | |||
| DSC | – | 1 | ||
| STPI | ||||
| Anxiety | ? | 1 | ||
| Anger | – | 1 | ||
| Mood | ||||
| All subscales | – | 1 | ||
Typical patterns rated as improve (↑), decline (↓), conflicting findings (?), or no change (-). Three symbols indicates strong evidence, two symbols for moderate evidence and one symbol for limited evidence. Shading highlights strong (dark grey) and moderate (light grey) associations. n refers to number of contributing studies.
POMS, Profile of Mood States; RESTQ-S, Recovery Stress Questionnaire for Athletes; SFMS, Societe Francaise de Medecine du Sport; DALDA, Daily Analyses of Life Demands of Athletes; CSAI-2, Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; MTDS, Multi-Component Training Distress Scale; DSC, Derogatis Symptom Checklist; STPI, State-Trait Personality Inventory.