Oliveira, RafaelBrito, João Paulo2025-08-052025-08-052023-08-18Oliveira, R. & Brito, J.P. (2023). Load monitoring and Its relationship with healthcare in sports. Healthcare, 11, 2330. https://doi.org/10.3390/ healthcare111623302227-9032http://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/5836Load monitoring consists of training/match demand quantification as well as wellness and readiness to maximize the likelihood of optimal athletic performance [1]. The literature divides load into two dimensions: internal and external. Internal load is associated with psychophysiological demands that can be objectively and subjectively measured (e.g., heart rate and rating of perceived exertion, respectively) [2,3]. External load is associated with mechanical/locomotor demands, usually collected by global positioning systems, global navigation satellite systems, local positioning systems, and inertial measurement units that belong to micro-electro-mechanical systems (which provide a combination of 3D accelerometers, 3D gyroscopes, and 3D magnetometers). Despite different technologies, they provide external load measures, such as distances covered at various running speeds, accelerations, decelerations, player load, and othersengmonitoringrelationshiphealthcare in sportseditorial10.3390/healthcare11162330