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Table 4 Comparison over competition season meso-cycles in terms of training workload variables

From: Variations in cumulative workload and anaerobic power in adolescent elite male football players: associations with biological maturation

Variables

Season period

Mean ± SD

Comparison

Mean difference (95% CI)

p

Effect size (95% CI)

wAWL (AU)

EarS

1281.4 ± 34.7

EarS versus MidS

− 318.1 (− 478.9; − 157.3)

< 0.01*

0.14 (− 0.57; 0.85)

 

MidS

1599.5 ± 37.6

EarS versus EndS

− 61.1 (− 189.7; 67.6)

0.65

− 1.92 (− 2.49; − 1.34)

 

EndS

1342 ± 39.9

MidS versus EndS

257.1 (124.1; 389.9)

< 0.01*

− 1.64 (− 2.16; − 1.13)

wCWL (AU)

EarS

1320.2 ± 37.1

EarS versus MidS

− 257.1 (− 420.2; − 83.8)

0.01*

− 0.39 (− 1.08; 0.30)

 

MidS

1577.2 ± 40.4

EarS versus EndS

− 78.1 (− 223.6; 67.3)

0.50

− 1.86 (− 2.44; − 1.29)

 

EndS

1398.3 ± 44.6

MidS versus EndS

178.9 (62.9; 294.8)

0.01*

− 1.13 (− 1.54; − 0.72)

wACWLR (AU)

EarS

0.85 ± 0.02

EarS versus MidS

− 0.09 (− 0.18; − 0.10)

0.02*

− 0.72 (− 1.48; 0.04)

 

MidS

0.95 ± 0.02

EarS versus EndS

− 0.09 (− 0.21; 0.03)

0.15

− 1.90 (− 2.83; − 0.97)

 

EndS

0.95 ± 0.04

MidS versus EndS

0.01 (− 0.15; 0.16)

> 0.99

− 0.85 (− 1.87; 0.18)

wTM (AU)

EarS

0.957 ± 0.09

EarS versus MidS

− 0.27 (− 0.55; − 0.01)

0.04*

− 0.26 (− 1.08; 0.56)

 

MidS

1.234 ± 0.04

EarS versus EndS

− 0.58 (− 1.05; − 0.11)

0.01*

2.21 (1.08; 3.35)

 

EndS

0.139 ± 0.13

MidS versus EndS

− 0.30 (− 0.67; 0.06)

0.12

− 1.03 (− 1.43; − 0.63)

wTS (AU)

EarS

1590.1 ± 187.4

EarS versus MidS

− 545.3 (− 1062.3; − 28.4)

0.03*

0.18 (− 0.45; 0.81)

 

MidS

2135.4 ± 109.5

EarS versus EndS

− 375.7 (− 970.6; 219.1)

0.31

− 0.24 (− 0.82; 0.34)

 

EndS

1965.8 ± 148.7

MidS versus EndS

169.5 (− 234.9; 574.1)

0.81

0.26 (− 0.31; 0.83)

  1. AU, arbitrary units; CI, confidence interval; wAWL, weekly average acute workload in AU; wCWL, weekly average chronic workload in AU; wACWLR, weekly average acute:chronic workload ratio; wTM, weekly average training monotony in AU; wTS, weekly average training strain in AU; Ear-S, early-season period; Mid-S, mid-season period; End-S, end-season period; * Significant differences p < 0.05