Preventing chronic fatigue in Czech young athletes: The features description of the “SmartTraining” mobile application
This study describes a beta version of a mobile application (app) that focuses on preventing chronic fatigue in Czech youth athletes. The first version of the SmartTraining app was developed for athletes as a way to prevent chronic fatigue via alertness and education. For alertness, a multistage pro...
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| author | Martina Bernaciková Michal Kumstát Iva Burešová Kateřina Kapounková Ivan Struhár Martin Sebera Ana Carolina Paludo |
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| description | This study describes a beta version of a mobile application (app) that focuses on preventing chronic fatigue in Czech youth athletes. The first version of the SmartTraining app was developed for athletes as a way to prevent chronic fatigue via alertness and education. For alertness, a multistage process was developed using a combination of parameters about training responses, such as tiredness, well-being, heart rate, energy balance and psychological, and health-related aspects. According to the combination of the multistage parameter outcomes, the algorithm classifies the risk of fatigue based on semaphore light: green corresponds to low, yellow to moderate and red to high risk. The education presented in the app consisted of written and “animated videos” material about the variables involved in training, such as training demands and athletes’ responses, regeneration, nutrition and communication between athletes, coaches, and parents. Subsequently, a beta version of the app was created and freely available to download for Android or iOS mobile. The app can be used in daily routines to reduce the risk of chronic fatigue from inadequate training dose response. Prevention can minimise the risk of injury or physical and emotional burnout in youth. Informing athletes on how to carefully handle the training factors can improve athletes’ awareness of their performance and health status. Collaboration between sports scientists and the commercial sector allows for the efficient development of an easy-to-use and low-cost tool for use in sports settings. Future steps should be performed to validate the app’s accuracy in its alertness and in the efficiency of the educational process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-baf2ebb86d004ce5b66651265e0bde892022-12-22T04:30:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2022-09-011310.3389/fphys.2022.919982919982Preventing chronic fatigue in Czech young athletes: The features description of the “SmartTraining” mobile applicationMartina Bernaciková0Michal Kumstát1Iva Burešová2Kateřina Kapounková3Ivan Struhár4Martin Sebera5Ana Carolina Paludo6Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, CzechiaDepartment of Health Promotion, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, CzechiaDepartment of Kinesiology, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, CzechiaDepartment of Health Promotion, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, CzechiaDepartment of Health Promotion, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, CzechiaDepartment of Kinesiology, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, CzechiaIncubator of Kinanthropology Research, Faculty of Sports Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, CzechiaThis study describes a beta version of a mobile application (app) that focuses on preventing chronic fatigue in Czech youth athletes. The first version of the SmartTraining app was developed for athletes as a way to prevent chronic fatigue via alertness and education. For alertness, a multistage process was developed using a combination of parameters about training responses, such as tiredness, well-being, heart rate, energy balance and psychological, and health-related aspects. According to the combination of the multistage parameter outcomes, the algorithm classifies the risk of fatigue based on semaphore light: green corresponds to low, yellow to moderate and red to high risk. The education presented in the app consisted of written and “animated videos” material about the variables involved in training, such as training demands and athletes’ responses, regeneration, nutrition and communication between athletes, coaches, and parents. Subsequently, a beta version of the app was created and freely available to download for Android or iOS mobile. The app can be used in daily routines to reduce the risk of chronic fatigue from inadequate training dose response. Prevention can minimise the risk of injury or physical and emotional burnout in youth. Informing athletes on how to carefully handle the training factors can improve athletes’ awareness of their performance and health status. Collaboration between sports scientists and the commercial sector allows for the efficient development of an easy-to-use and low-cost tool for use in sports settings. Future steps should be performed to validate the app’s accuracy in its alertness and in the efficiency of the educational process.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.919982/fullyouth athletesportfatigueovertrainingmobile application |
| spellingShingle | Martina Bernaciková Michal Kumstát Iva Burešová Kateřina Kapounková Ivan Struhár Martin Sebera Ana Carolina Paludo Preventing chronic fatigue in Czech young athletes: The features description of the “SmartTraining” mobile application Frontiers in Physiology youth athlete sport fatigue overtraining mobile application |
| title | Preventing chronic fatigue in Czech young athletes: The features description of the “SmartTraining” mobile application |
| title_full | Preventing chronic fatigue in Czech young athletes: The features description of the “SmartTraining” mobile application |
| title_fullStr | Preventing chronic fatigue in Czech young athletes: The features description of the “SmartTraining” mobile application |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preventing chronic fatigue in Czech young athletes: The features description of the “SmartTraining” mobile application |
| title_short | Preventing chronic fatigue in Czech young athletes: The features description of the “SmartTraining” mobile application |
| title_sort | preventing chronic fatigue in czech young athletes the features description of the smarttraining mobile application |
| topic | youth athlete sport fatigue overtraining mobile application |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.919982/full |
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