Status, Stress and Performance in Track and Field Athletes during the European Games in Baku (Azerbaijan).

ABSTRACT: This study analyzes the relationship between salivary cortisol and testosterone levels and performance in track and field athletes. In addition, we analyzed the influence of status among athletes (measured based on previous athletic achievement) on hormone levels. Nineteen members of the Austrian track and field team (eleven males, eight females, 25.9 ± 3.9 years of age, 74.9 ± 20.1 kg, and 179.3 ± 10 cm) participated in this study. Data was collected during the European Games in Baku. Athletes delivered saliva samples at various time-points including morning samples and samples directly before and after the competition. Scoring points of the International Association of Athletics Federation were used as an individual measure of relative performance. We found that performance was negativel

SUBMITTER: Siart B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5519747 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature