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Training vs. Competition in Sport: State Anxiety and Response of Stress Hormones in Young Swimmers

This study was aimed to assess the neuroendocrine response to stress induced by different sports environments (a regular training session and a competitive event), to define the contribution of psychological and physical stress, and to check the possible relationship between state-anxiety and stress...

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Autores principales: Carrasco Páez, Luis, Martínez-Díaz, Inmaculada C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868421
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0087
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author Carrasco Páez, Luis
Martínez-Díaz, Inmaculada C.
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description This study was aimed to assess the neuroendocrine response to stress induced by different sports environments (a regular training session and a competitive event), to define the contribution of psychological and physical stress, and to check the possible relationship between state-anxiety and stress hormones responses to competitive and non-competitive sports practices. Twelve young national-level male swimmers participated in this investigation. Endorphins, adrenocorticotropin, and prolactin plasma levels were measured at baseline conditions (t0), before a regular swimming training session (t1), and before and after real swimming competition consisting of 100 m freestyle (t2 and t3, respectively). Moreover, state-anxiety was evaluated in all assessment time-points. The results showed no differences in endorphin, adrenocorticotropin, prolactin and state-anxiety between t0 and t1; however, significant increases in endorphins (142%), prolactin (137%) and state-anxiety (13%) were observed in t2. Huge stress response was observed in t3 (increases of 354%, 387%, and 250% for endorphins, adrenocorticotropin, and prolactin, respectively) although state-anxiety decreased slightly. Lastly, a lack of the relationship between stress hormones and state-anxiety was found in all conditions. Mental and especially physical stress associated with sports competition induces a significant release of stress hormones which is not relevant for the regular training session.
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spelling pubmed-86077742021-12-02 Training vs. Competition in Sport: State Anxiety and Response of Stress Hormones in Young Swimmers Carrasco Páez, Luis Martínez-Díaz, Inmaculada C. J Hum Kinet Section II - Exercise Physiology & Sports Medicine This study was aimed to assess the neuroendocrine response to stress induced by different sports environments (a regular training session and a competitive event), to define the contribution of psychological and physical stress, and to check the possible relationship between state-anxiety and stress hormones responses to competitive and non-competitive sports practices. Twelve young national-level male swimmers participated in this investigation. Endorphins, adrenocorticotropin, and prolactin plasma levels were measured at baseline conditions (t0), before a regular swimming training session (t1), and before and after real swimming competition consisting of 100 m freestyle (t2 and t3, respectively). Moreover, state-anxiety was evaluated in all assessment time-points. The results showed no differences in endorphin, adrenocorticotropin, prolactin and state-anxiety between t0 and t1; however, significant increases in endorphins (142%), prolactin (137%) and state-anxiety (13%) were observed in t2. Huge stress response was observed in t3 (increases of 354%, 387%, and 250% for endorphins, adrenocorticotropin, and prolactin, respectively) although state-anxiety decreased slightly. Lastly, a lack of the relationship between stress hormones and state-anxiety was found in all conditions. Mental and especially physical stress associated with sports competition induces a significant release of stress hormones which is not relevant for the regular training session. Sciendo 2021-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8607774/ /pubmed/34868421 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0087 Text en © 2021 Luis Carrasco Páez, Inmaculada C. Martínez-Díaz, published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
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Carrasco Páez, Luis
Martínez-Díaz, Inmaculada C.
Training vs. Competition in Sport: State Anxiety and Response of Stress Hormones in Young Swimmers
title Training vs. Competition in Sport: State Anxiety and Response of Stress Hormones in Young Swimmers
title_full Training vs. Competition in Sport: State Anxiety and Response of Stress Hormones in Young Swimmers
title_fullStr Training vs. Competition in Sport: State Anxiety and Response of Stress Hormones in Young Swimmers
title_full_unstemmed Training vs. Competition in Sport: State Anxiety and Response of Stress Hormones in Young Swimmers
title_short Training vs. Competition in Sport: State Anxiety and Response of Stress Hormones in Young Swimmers
title_sort training vs. competition in sport: state anxiety and response of stress hormones in young swimmers
topic Section II - Exercise Physiology & Sports Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868421
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0087
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