OvertrainingEvidence & Dosage

Top studies on Overtraining

Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.

1. 01

   Monitoring training in athletes with reference to overtraining syndrome.

   Medicine and science in sports and exercise·1998·n=25200 influential citations

   <h4>Purpose</h4>Overtraining is primarily related to sustained high load training, often coupled with other stressors. Studies in animal models have suggested that unremittingly heavy training (monotonous training) may increase the…

2. 02

   Overtraining in athletes. An update.

   Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)·1991140 influential citations

   Overtraining appears to be caused by too much high intensity training and/or too little regeneration (recovery) time often combined with other training and nontraining stressors. There are a multitude of symptoms of overtraining, the…

3. 03

   Markers for monitoring overtraining and recovery.

   Medicine and science in sports and exercise·1995107 influential citations

   Physiological and mood state parameters were monitored during a 6-month swimming season in an attempt to determine markers of overtraining and recovery. Fourteen elite male and female swimmers were tested early-, mid-, and late-season and…

4. 04

   Cytokine hypothesis of overtraining: a physiological adaptation to excessive stress?

   Medicine and science in sports and exercise·200097 influential citations

   Overtraining syndrome (OTS) is a condition wherein an athlete is training excessively, yet performance deteriorates. This is usually accompanied by mood/behavior changes and a variety of biochemical and physiological alterations.…

5. 05

   Diagnosis of overtraining: what tools do we have?

   Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)·200286 influential citations

   The multitude of publications regarding overtraining syndrome (OTS or 'staleness') or the short-term 'over-reaching' and the severity of consequences for the athlete are in sharp contrast with the limited availability of valid diagnostic…

6. 06

   Interactive processes link the multiple symptoms of fatigue in sport competition.

   Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)·201176 influential citations

   Muscle physiologists often describe fatigue simply as a decline of muscle force and infer this causes an athlete to slow down. In contrast, exercise scientists describe fatigue during sport competition more holistically as an…

7. 07

   Monitoring changes in performance, physiology, biochemistry, and psychology during overreaching and recovery in triathletes.

   International journal of sports medicine·200757 influential citations

   The present investigation compared responses in previously identified physiological, biochemical, and psychological markers of overreaching in triathletes. Sixteen experienced male triathletes (.VO(2max) [mean +/- SD] = 55.7 +/- 4.9 mL .…

8. 08

   Exercise and the stress system.

   Hormones (Athens, Greece)·200556 influential citations

   Exercise represents a physical stress that challenges homeostasis. In response to this stressor, autonomic nervous system and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis are known to react and to participate in the maintenance of homeostasis.…

9. 09

   Monitoring for overreaching in rugby league players.

   European journal of applied physiology·200756 influential citations

   The aim of this study was to identify indicators of non-functional overreaching (NFOR) in team sport athletes undertaking intensive training loads. Eighteen semi-professional rugby league players were randomly assigned into two pair…

10. 10

    The unknown mechanism of the overtraining syndrome: clues from depression and psychoneuroimmunology.

    Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)·200252 influential citations

    When prolonged, excessive training stresses are applied concurrent with inadequate recovery, performance decrements and chronic maladaptations occur. Known as the overtraining syndrome (OTS), this complex condition afflicts a large…