Musculoskeletal Injuries and Training Patterns in Junior Elite Orienteering Athletes
Table 1
Training characteristics of Swiss junior elite orienteering athletes aged 18 and 19 years.
Variable
Subcategory
Unit
Training data
Duration
Total duration
min/week
455.75 ± 98.22
Endurance running
min/week
108.00 ± 32.88
HIIT
min/week
12.42 ± 7.12
Orienteering
min/week
99.31 ± 36.87
Strength training
min/week
49.90 ± 29.59
Complementary endurance
min/week
90.03 ± 63.97
Regeneration
min/week
12.95 ± 17.61
Warm-up/cool-down
min/week
64.50 ± 20.42
Stretching
min/week
31.59 ± 21.47
Frequency
Total frequency
TS/week
7.38 ± 2.00
Endurance running
TS/week
2.23 ± 0.76
HIIT
TS/week
0.43 ± 0.23
Orienteering
TS/week
2.17 ± 0.78
Strength training
TS/week
1.22 ± 0.60
Complementary endurance
TS/week
1.32 ± 1.02
Regeneration
TS/week
0.42 ± 0.74
Training load
Index
754.68 ± 192.20
Monotony in total duration
Index
3.13 ± 1.13 (range 1.54–10.18)
Monotony in training load
Index
2.80 ± 0.75 (range 1.32–4.82)
Proportion of HIIT within endurance running
%
10.52
Note. HIIT = high-intensity interval training. TS = training session. Complementary endurance includes cross-country skiing, cycling, and swimming. Regeneration includes treatments such as massages, physiotherapy, and sauna, and the duration of these treatments was not included in total duration per week.
