Purpose
The overall aim of this PhD project is to identify and recommend suitable methods for research on the relationship between training load and injury risk.
Project description
The PhD project consists of four subprojects.
Subproject I: Previous research have shown that not only can high training loads increase risk of injury, but possibly also too little training. In this subproject we will explore the non-linear relationship between training load and risk of injury.
Subproject II: Researchers in the field have used varying methods for dealing with missing data values. We will consider how missing values in sports data should be handled.
Subproject III: In this subproject we will identify which statistical methods are capable of estimating the cumulative effect of long-term training load on injury risk.
Subproject IV: The relationship between recent, short-term and past, long-term training load may be important for injury risk, but it is unclear how to capture this relationship. In this project, we will find out how to study this relationship related to injury risk.