焦虑
针灸科
运动员
随机对照试验
竞技运动员
物理疗法
心理学
足球运动员
感觉
临床心理学
躯体焦虑
医学
足球
精神科
内科学
替代医学
社会心理学
病理
法学
政治学
作者
S. Zarei Serkani,Monir Shayestefar,Amir Hossein Memari
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.372
摘要
Introduction Although a certain level of competitive anxiety may increase performance, many athletes with anxiety experience uncontrolled negative feelings and cognition that in turn can have overwhelming effects on their performance. Objectives Indeed, we aimed to assess the effect of the acupuncture on competitive anxiety in a sample of young football players using physiological biomarkers and subjective anxiety measures. Methods We aimed to assess the effect of acupuncture on competitive anxiety of the adolescent football players prior to the competition using psychological and physiological markers. A total of 30 athletes were randomly and equally allocated to either acupuncture or sham control group. Results The results of t -test on posttest scores showed that acupuncture had a significant effect on cognitive anxiety ( P = 0.001) and somatic anxiety ( P < 0.001) but not self-confidence ( P > 0.05). Furthermore, the results showed that acupuncture significantly decreased the skin conductance in acupuncture group compared to sham group ( P = 0.006) ( P < 0.001). Conclusions In conclusion, the results suggested that acupuncture have the capacity to decrease cognitive and somatic anxiety prior to competition in adolescent athletes while this was accompanied by significant physiological changes. Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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