Use of the rate of perceived exertion in competitive contexts of men's and women's basketball

Abstract

Objective: To assess the applicability of the Rating of Perceived Exertion as a tool to control internal loads in female and male basketball,

Method: a descriptive, observational and prospective study was carried out during a full season. Exposure time, rating of perceived exertion, workload, lesionability and performance during the competition were registered in each training session.

Results: The women's team showed an average of perceived exertion of 4.8 ± 1.52 and 9 injuries time-loss and the men's team an average of 4.24 ± 2.23 and 7 injuries time-loss. The variables analyzed behaved independently between the teams (p<0.01). Significant correlations were observed in both teams: Between perceived exertion and exposure time (p<0.01) were large and moderate; between perceived exertion and performance in game (p<0.01) were low, between perceived exertion and victory (p<0.01) were moderate and trivial and between workload and performance in game (p<0.01) were small. Plus they were trivial between perceived exertion and injuries physio attention in the female team (p<0.01) and between perceived exertion and injuries time-loss in the male team (p <0.002).

Conclusions: The results suggest that rate of perceived exertion is a tool that can be used to obtain useful information about internal load in basketball, associated with performance and the incidence of injuries.