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    "title": "Load",
    "description": "TAP uses load as an umbrella term for demands placed on the body and mind. Exercise, cognitive tasks and environmental changes need descriptions of their type, intensity, duration and context.",
    "rights": "© The Allostasis Project. All rights reserved. Reproduction or adaptation requires separate permission, subject to applicable legal exceptions.",
    "version": "0.2",
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    "sections": [
      {
        "id": "introduction",
        "title": "At a glance",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Life makes demands. How does the body respond?",
          "TAP uses load as an umbrella term for demands placed on the body and mind. Exercise, cognitive tasks and environmental changes need descriptions of their type, intensity, duration and context.",
          "Load is not necessarily harmful. Intensity, duration and individual context all matter."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "everyday",
        "title": "Begin with the demand",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Training, demanding tasks and disrupted routines place different demands on us. TAP uses load to connect these settings while specifying the demands in each discussion."
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "context",
        "title": "Context changes the question",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Sport recovery frameworks consider training alongside other life demands. Predictive regulation offers another way to think about how resources meet anticipated needs.[1][2]"
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "boundaries",
        "title": "How to describe a demand",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Start with the specific demand, its duration and the function of interest, then select an appropriate observation method. Exercise workload, cognitive tasks and environmental exposures use different units and need their own context."
        ]
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      {
        "id": "sterling-2012",
        "title": "Allostasis: a model of predictive regulation",
        "authors": "Peter Sterling",
        "journal": "Physiology & Behavior",
        "year": "2012",
        "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21684297/",
        "doi": "10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.004",
        "pmid": "21684297"
      },
      {
        "id": "kellmann-2018",
        "title": "Recovery and Performance in Sport: Consensus Statement",
        "authors": "Michael Kellmann · Maurizio Bertollo · Laurent Bosquet · Michel Brink · Aaron J. Coutts · Rob Duffield · Daniel Erlacher · Shona L. Halson · Anne Hecksteden · Jahan Heidari · K. Wolfgang Kallus · Romain Meeusen · Iñigo Mujika · Claudio Robazza · Sabrina Skorski · Ranel Venter · Jürgen Beckmann",
        "journal": "International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance",
        "year": "2018",
        "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29345524/",
        "doi": "10.1123/ijspp.2017-0759",
        "pmid": "29345524"
      }
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