Monitoring local muscle load in football: Use leg acceleration, processed with a big data analysis approach, as an indication of the local muscle load to accurately represent the players’ experienced load

In football, a lot of hip and thigh muscle injuries occur as a result of high muscular loads due to accelerative leg movements. To prevent muscle damage and optimise performance, it is essential to continuously identify when and how frequent local hip and thigh muscular loads develop in the explosive and dynamic football environment. The...