PMID- 31191966
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20231011
IS  - 2055-7647 (Print)
IS  - 2055-7647 (Electronic)
IS  - 2055-7647 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019
TI  - Effect of two tapering strategies on endurance-related physiological markers in 
      athletes from selected training centres of Ethiopia.
PG  - e000509
LID - 10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000509 [doi]
LID - e000509
AB  - OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate the effects of two tapering strategies on 
      specific endurance-related performance markers in some selected athletic training 
      centres of Ethiopia. METHODOLOGY: Thirty-seven young distance runners (mean age: 
      20+/-1.97 years; mean training period: 2.43+/-0.603 years) were randomly assigned to 
      high-intensity low-volume (HILV) and high-intensity moderate-volume (HIMV) taper 
      groups. Training frequencies were five times per week conducted for 2 weeks in 
      both groups. At baseline and after 2 weeks of the taper intervention, the average 
      red blood cell (RBC) count, haemoglobin (Hgb) concentration and haematocrit 
      percentages (Hct) of the participants were measured and analysed using a complete 
      blood count (sysmix) instrument. RESULTS: Using a parallel-group design, we 
      investigated the effects of the two tapering strategies (HILV and HIMV), and 
      positive changes were observed in the endurance-related physiological traits of 
      RBC count, Hgb concentration and Hct percentages regardless of the amount of 
      volume reduced during the 2-week taper period. Comparisons of the two strategies 
      did not reveal significant differences between the taper groups. CONCLUSION: 
      Taper strategies characterised by HILV and HIMV training load have beneficial 
      effects on the improvement of endurance performance. Reduction of training 
      load-training volume did not affect endurance performance, instead these could 
      induce extra adaption of the body physiology.
FAU - Jafer, Ambachew Amede
AU  - Jafer AA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6036-2068
AD  - Sport Science Department, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
FAU - Mondal, Soumitra
AU  - Mondal S
AD  - Sport Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
FAU - Abdulkedir, Mahmud
AU  - Abdulkedir M
AD  - Medical microbiology and Immunology, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
FAU - Mativananan, D
AU  - Mativananan D
AD  - Sport Science, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190321
PL  - England
TA  - BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
JT  - BMJ open sport & exercise medicine
JID - 101681007
PMC - PMC6539154
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - High intensity-low volume
OT  - High intensity-moderate volume
OT  - Tapering
OT  - physiological traits
EDAT- 2019/06/14 06:00
MHDA- 2019/06/14 06:01
PMCR- 2019/03/21
CRDT- 2019/06/14 06:00
PHST- 2019/02/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/06/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/06/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/06/14 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/03/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - bmjsem-2019-000509 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000509 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med. 2019 Mar 21;5(1):e000509. doi: 
      10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000509. eCollection 2019.