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Table 2 Descriptive statistics (mean ± SD) of all measures in early-season, mid-season and end-season

From: Are acute:chronic workload ratios of perceived exertion and running based variables sensible to detect variations between player positions over the season? A soccer team study

Measures

EarlyS

(Mean ± SD)

MidS

(Mean ± SD)

EndS

(Mean ± SD)

p

Hedges’ g (95% CI)

ACWR CPs-RPE (AU)

0.94 ± 0.05

1.17 ± 0.04

0.93 ± 0.07

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

− 4.98 [− 6.37, − 3.78]£

EarS vs. EndS: 0.687

MidS vs. EndS: < 0.01

4.13 [3.07, 5.33]£

ACWR UCPs-RPE (AU)

0.94 ± 0.09

1.31 ± 0.06

1.16 ± 0.12

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

− 4.74 [− 6.08, − 3.58]£

EarS vs. EndS: < 0.01

− 2.03 [− 2.84, − 1.29]§

MidS vs. EndS: 0.001

1.55 [0.86, 2.29]#

EWMAs-RPE (AU)

0.99 ± 0.09

1.05 ± 0.13

1.24 ± 0.09

EarS vs. MidS: 0.001

− 0.53 [− 1.16, 0.09]&

EarS vs. EndS: < 0.01

− 2.72 [− 3.65, − 1.89]§

MidS vs. EndS: < 0.01

− 1.67 [− 2.42, − 0.96]#

ACWR CPTD (AU)

0.87 ± 0.04

1.03 ± 0.06

0.88 ± 0.04

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

− 3.08 [− 4.07, − 2.19]§

EarS vs. EndS: 0.534

MidS vs. EndS: < 0.01

2.88 [2.03, 3.84]§

ACWR UCPTD (AU)

0.82 ± 0.49

1.07 ± 0.11

1.04 ± 0.06

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

− 0.69 [− 1.34, − 0.06]*

EarS vs. EndS: < 0.01

− 0.62 [− 1.26, 0.01]*

MidS vs. EndS: 0.139

EWMATD (AU)

0.85 ± 0.03

0.74 ± 0.05

0.78 ± 0.08

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

2.61 [1.79, 3.52]§

EarS vs. EndS: 0.016

1.14 [0.48, 1.83]*

MidS vs. EndS: 0.065

ACWR CPHSRD (AU)

0.93 ± 0.06

1.30 ± 0.13

0.98 ± 0.03

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

− 3.58 [− 4.67, − 2.62]§

EarS vs. EndS: < 0.01

− 1.03 [− 1.71, − 0.38]*

MidS vs. EndS: < 0.01

3.32 [2.40, 4.36]§

ACWR UCPHSRD (AU)

0.99 ± 0.14

1.75 ± 0.41

1.27 ± 0.09

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

− 2.43 [− 3.30, − 1.64]§

EarS vs. EndS: < 0.01

− 2.33 [− 3.19, − 1.55]§

MidS vs. EndS: < 0.01

1.59 [0.89, 2.33]#

EWMAHSRD (AU)

1.07 ± 0.14

1.42 ± 0.17

1.72 ± 0.08

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

− 2.20 [− 3.04, − 1.44]§

EarS vs. EndS: < 0.01

− 5.59 [− 7.11, − 4.27]£

MidS vs. EndS: < 0.01

− 2.21 [− 3.05, − 1.45]§

ACWR CPSPRINT (AU)

0.96 ± 0.05

1.09 ± 0.07

0.88 ± 0.04

EarS vs. MidS: < 0.01

− 2.09 [− 2.91, − 1.35]§

EarS vs. EndS: < 0.01

1.73 [1.02, 2.49]#

MidS vs. EndS: < 0.01

3.61 [2.64, 4.71]§

ACWR UCPSPRINT (AU)

1.12 ± 0.18

1.22 ± 0.25

1.05 ± 0.08

EarS vs. MidS: 0.211

EarS vs. EndS: 0.134

MidS vs. EndS: 0.018

0.89 [0.26, 1.56]*

EWMASPRINT (AU)

1.18 ± 0.15

1.18 ± 0.15

1.16 ± 0.11

EarS vs. MidS: 0.904

EarS vs. EndS: 0.613

MidS vs. EndS: 0.638

  1. Significant differences between periods are highlighted in bold (p ≤ 0.05)
  2. AU, arbitrary units; EarlyS, early-season; MidS, mid-season; EndS, end-season; SD, standard deviation; ACWR, acute: chronic workload ratio; EWMA, exponentially weighted moving averages; CP, coupled; UCP, uncoupled; s-RPE, session rate of perceived exertion; TD, total distance; HSRD, high‐speed running distance
  3. &small effect; *moderate effect; #large effect; §very large effect; £nearly perfect effect