Psychological and Physiological Features Associated with Swimming Performance

Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez, Juan Pedro Fuentes-García, Ricardo J. Fernandes and João Paulo Vilas-Boas
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Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez: Faculty of Sport Science, European University of Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, Spain
Juan Pedro Fuentes-García: Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, Avda. Universidad S/N, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Ricardo J. Fernandes: Centre of Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport (CIFI2D), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Plácido Costa, 91 4200 Porto, Portugal
João Paulo Vilas-Boas: Porto Biomechanics Laboratory (LABIOMEP), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Rua Plácido Costa, 91 4200 Porto, Portugal

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: Background: The aim of the present research was to study the psychological and physiological features associated with aerobic and anaerobic performance in trained swimmers. Methods: A correlation and stepwise regression analyses were conducted with the data obtained in a RESTQ-76 sport questionnaire, a heart rate variability test, and an anaerobic and aerobic swimming performance efforts of 20 swimmers. Results: Aerobic performance correlated, principally, with parameters related to parasympathetic modulation measured in the frequency and time domains of the heart rate variability (LF/HF r: ?0.806, p < 0.001; NN50 r: 0.937, p < 0.001). Swimmers’ anaerobic performance correlated to psychological features (low stress r: 0.526, p : 0.025, and high fatigue r: ?0.506, p : 0.032). Conclusion: Swimming performance presented different psychological and physiological features depending on the probe characteristic. Specifically, swimmers’ anaerobic performance was associated with psychological features (low stress and high fatigue perception) and aerobic performance with physiological features (high parasympathetic modulation). This information could help coaches to know the variables to control in their swimmers, depending on the probe in which they compete (anaerobic or aerobic).

Keywords: autonomic nervous system; fatigue; maximal aerobic speed; sport performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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