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Table 4 Characteristics of studies

From: The Quantification of Acceleration Events in Elite Team Sport: a Systematic Review

Sport

Study count

% sport contribution to review

Study athlete sex

Athlete level

Reference

% Male

% Female

3 × 3 Basketball

1

0.8

50

50

Elite, Junior International

[100]

American Football

4

3.1

100

0

Elite Collegiate

[13, 41, 142, 143]

Australian Football

15

11.8

100

0

Elite

[10, 36,37,38,39,40, 50, 82, 84,85,86, 117, 129, 130, 137]

Basketball

1

0.8

100

0

Elite

[138]

Field Hockey

14

11.0

66

33

Elite, Elite Collegiate

[47, 58, 61, 65, 76, 78, 101, 102, 113, 118, 139, 144,145,146]

Hurling

1

0.8

100

0

Elite

[148]

Lacrosse

3

2.4

66

33

Elite

[34, 72, 115]

Netball

2

1.6

0

100

Elite

[45, 131]

Rugby League

18

14.2

100

0

Elite

[7, 9, 51,52,53, 59, 64, 66,67,68, 81,82,83, 89, 90, 107, 135, 137]

Rugby League Nines

1

0.8

100

0

Elite

[88]

Rugby Sevens

10

7.9

90

10

Elite

[42, 49, 63, 74, 95, 103, 112, 116, 127]

Rugby Union

13

10.2

92

8

Elite, Junior International

[11, 54, 55, 60, 87, 91, 106, 114, 128, 132,133,134, 147]

Soccer

43

33.9

88

12

Elite, Junior International

[6, 17, 32, 33, 35, 43, 44, 46, 48, 56, 57, 62, 69,70,71, 75, 77, 79, 80, 92,93,94, 96,97,98,99, 104, 105, 109,110,111, 119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126, 136, 137, 140, 141]

Ultimate Frisbee

1

0.8

0

100

Junior International

[108]

Total

127

100

75

25