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- Title
Significance of Spontaneous Fluctuation in Sport Psychobiology.
- Authors
Saha, Soumendra; Saha, Srilekha; Zahir, Nurfarah Ezzaty Binti Mohd
- Abstract
Background: Present study was undertaken to figure out relevance of spontaneous fluctuation as index of sudomotor nerve function in modulating diverse decompositions of skin conductance activity indices (viz., latency; amplitude and autonomic recovery) to emerge as significant determinant of psychobiological competence to ensure performance excellence in soccer. Materials and Methods: Forty consistently high performing soccer players of Kelantan province of Malaysia (matched in anthropometric, cardiovascular and performance status) volunteered as participants who were selected by three expert coaches assigned by the Kelantan Provincial Council for Sports. They were thus assessed with psychobiological parameters (viz. autonomic measures of arousal) in relation to performance excellence. Orienting activity and spontaneous fluctuation SF indices related to emotional competence and cognitive-perceptual ability were attempted to conceptualise as indispensable attributes of peak performance in soccer. Results: Multiple linear regression analyses were done to observe direct, inverse and supportive relationships between measures of psychobiological competence observed in the high performing soccer players. Conclusion: Comprehensive understanding of the predictive contribution of spontaneous fluctuation as predictor of high soccer performance was evident.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; ANALYSIS of variance; ATHLETIC ability; BIOLOGICAL psychiatry; STATISTICAL correlation; NEURAL conduction; RESEARCH funding; SOCCER; SPORTS medicine; ELITE athletes; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 6, p626
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Article