The Research Library
36 peer-reviewed studies, curated by the Research Office and graded by level of evidence. External work, attributed to its authors, summarised for practitioners.
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7 entries
- 2022
Reliability and Sensitivity of Nocturnal Heart Rate and Heart-Rate Variability in Monitoring Individual Responses to Training Load
Nuuttila O., Seipäjärvi S., Kyröläinen H. et al. · International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
Monitoring is only useful if the measurement is stable. Before a metric governs training decisions, its noise floor must be known.
External researchMeasurement/reliability study
Recovery
- 2021
Field Monitoring the Effects of Overnight Shift Work on Specialist Tactical Police Training with Heart Rate Variability Analysis
Tomes C., Schram B., Orr R. · Sustainability
Occupational load does not end when a shift ends. Any programme training working protective personnel must account for recovery debt they arrive with.
External researchField / observational study · Field study
Human Factors
- 2020
Sleep and Athletic Performance
Charest J., Grandner M.A. · Sleep Medicine Clinics
Sleep screening belongs in athlete intake, not in the wellness margin. PROMACHOS reads this as support for treating chronic sleep restriction as a risk factor requiring interventio…
External researchNarrative review · Narrative review
Sleep & Recovery
- 2015
Sleep, circadian rhythms, and athletic performance
Thun E., Bjorvatn B., Flo E. et al. · Sleep Medicine Reviews
Performance has a clock. Scheduling demanding technical work against circadian reality, and treating travel as a physiological event, is a coaching decision rather than an administ…
External researchNarrative review · Narrative review
Sleep & Recovery
- 2014
Complex Training Reexamined
Carter J., Greenwood M. · Strength & Conditioning Journal
Method effectiveness depends on athlete training age and recovery. Advanced methods applied to unprepared students produce fatigue, not power.
External researchNarrative review · Narrative review
Strength
- 2014
Injury Prevention Strategies for Mixed Martial Arts
James L.P. · Strength & Conditioning Journal
Injury prevention in combat sport is mostly load management, technical quality and recovery, not exotic intervention. This informs how PROMACHOS structures training volume around c…
External researchNarrative review · Narrative review
MMA
- 2011
The Effects of Sleep Extension on the Athletic Performance of Collegiate Basketball Players
Mah C.D., Mah K.E., Kezirian E.J. et al. · Sleep
Extending sleep is one of the few interventions that improves reaction time, accuracy and mood simultaneously and costs nothing. PROMACHOS treats sleep as a trainable standard rath…
External researchRandomized controlled trial · Randomized/controlled trial
Sleep & Recovery