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Impact of successive basketball matches in psychophysiological response and neuromuscular performance in adolescent players

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Purpose

This study aimed to analyze the impact of competition with successive basketball matches on mood, stress tolerance, competitive anxiety, total quality of recovery and neuromuscular performance in adolescent basketball athletes.

Methods

Ten youth basketball players (14.8 ± 0.5 years; 59.4 ± 9.1 kg; 173.7 ± 5.9 cm) were evaluated during a tournament with three matches in two days. Mood (M), stress tolerance (ST), competitive anxiety, total quality of recovery (TQR) and neuromuscular performance were measured before and after the matches. The session rating perceived of exertion (sRPE) was used to evaluate the internal match load (IML) during the competition. The Friedman test was used to compare the mood profile during matches and the Wilcoxon test was used to compare mood subscales pre- and post-matches. Repeated measures ANOVA compared the post-match values of sRPE, TQR, and neuromuscular variables.

Results

The mood profile was significantly modified during the competition and the anger subscale was different pre- and post-match 3 (p < 0.05); somatic anxiety decreased in match 3 compared to match 1 (p < 0.05); ST did not change across the competition (p > 0.05); QTR reduced in match 3 compared to match 1 and 2 (p < 0.001); there was also a reduction in speed performance (p < 0.01), and height of the vertical jump (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

The current study demonstrated that there is an impact on mood, anxiety and quality of recovery with successive basketball matches, and they also reduce neuromuscular performance in adolescent basketball players.

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The authors thank all the athletes and staffs that participated in this study.

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  1. Laboratory of Sleep and Biologic Rhythms, Federal University of Ceará, Prof. Costa Mendes Street, 1608–4º andar, Fortaleza, CE, 60430-275, Brazil

    Julio Cesar Barbosa de Lima Pinto

  2. Terra Nordeste College–FATENE, Caucaia, Brazil

    Julio Cesar Barbosa de Lima Pinto

  3. Sports Activities Division, University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil

    Tancredo Cesar Barbosa Menezes

  4. Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará, Itapipoca, Brazil

    André Igor Fonteles

  5. Physical Education Department, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, Brazil

    Arnaldo Luis Mortatti

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Performed the experiments: JCBLP, ALM, TCBM. Analyzed the data: JCBLP, ALM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCBLP, ALM, TCBM, AIF. Wrote the paper: JCBLP, TCBM, AIF, ALM. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Pinto, J.C.B.d., Menezes, T.C.B., Fonteles, A.I. et al. Impact of successive basketball matches in psychophysiological response and neuromuscular performance in adolescent players. Sport Sci Health 18, 1513–1521 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-022-01000-4

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