Are non-starters accumulating enough load compared with starters? Examining load, wellness, and training/match ratios of a European professional soccer team

Table 3 Correlation coefficient (r) for wellness and load demands in starters

Variables	Fatigue	Muscle Soreness	Stress	Mood	RPE	Time of session	s-RPE	HSR	Sprinting	ACC	DEC
Quality of sleep	0.527	0.527	0.503	0.479	-0.333	-0.030	-0.588	0.079	0.079	0.442	0.115
Fatigue		0.915 p < 0.001	0.745 p = 0.013	0.782 p = 0.008	-0.030	-0.139	-0.188	0.236	0.236	0.467	0.491
Muscle Soreness			0.806 p = 0.005	0.915 p < 0.001	0.030	-0.370	-0.345	0.358	0.224	0.370	0.382
Stress				0.903 p < 0.001	-0.224	0.030	-0.115	0.030	-0.224	0.067	0.127
Mood					-0.055	-0.188	-0.333	0.103	-0.006	0.067	0.127
RPE						-467	0.188	0.261	0.479	0.261	0.406
Time of session							0.527	-0.442	-0.200	-0.333	-0.236
s-RPE								0.115	0.103	-0.103	0.224
HSR									0.612	0.648 p = 0.043	0.685 p = 0.029
Sprinting										0.430	0.430
ACC											0.891 p = 0.001

RPE Rate of perceived exertion using the CR-10 Borg’s scale, s-RPE Multiplication of session time by the RPE score, HSR High speed running (20–25 km/h), ACC Acceleration, DEC Deceleration, Bold denotes significant correlations

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