The Use of Heart Rate Variability in Assessing Precompetitive Stress in High-Standard Judo Athletes

Autor: Morales Aznar, José, García, V., García-Massó, Xavier, Salvá, P., Escobar, R., Buscà Safont-Tria, Bernat
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l’Educació i de l’Esport Blanquerna
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)
Popis: The objective of this study is to examine the sensitivity to and changes in heart rate variability (HRV) in stressful situations before judo competitions and to observe the diff erences among judo athletes according to their competitive standards in both offi cial and unoffi cial competitions. 24 (10 male and 14 female) national- and international-standard athletes were evaluated. Each participant answered the Revised Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-2R) and their HRV was recorded both during an offi cial and unoffi cial competition. The MANOVA showed signifi cant main eff ects of the athlete’s standard and the type of competition in CSAI-2R, in HRV time domain, in HRV frequency domain and in HRV nonlinear analysis (p < 0.05). Internationalstandard judo athletes have lower somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety, heart rate and low-high frequency ratio than national-standard athletes (p < 0.05). International-standard athletes have a higher confi dence, mean RR interval, standard deviation of RR, square root of the mean squared diff erence of successive RR intervals, number of short-term variability, long-term variability, longrange scaling exponents and short-range scaling exponent than national-standard judo athletes. In conclusion, international-standard athletes show less pre-competitive anxiety than the nationalstandard athletes and HRV analysis is sensitive to changes in pre-competitive anxiety.
Databáze: OpenAIRE