Effect of Hypnosis on Cyclists’ Resistance to Stress

In this study we assessed the effectiveness of hypnosis in the resistance to effort. Participants were 24 junior and amateur cyclists with a mean age of 17.75 years (SD = 0.97), mean weight of 68 Kg (SD = 3.98), mean height of 178 cm (SD = 15.02), and an average of 5.75 years competing (SD = 0.48)....

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Autores: Fernández García, Rubén, Zurita Ortega, Félix, Sánchez Sánchez, Laura, Linares Girela, Daniel, Pérez Cortés, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)
Repositorio:RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ucam.edu:10952/6302
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10952/6302
https://doi.org/10.12800/ccd.v7i21.84
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hypnosis
Sports Performance
Physical Variables
Cycling
Rendimiento deportivo
Hipnosis
Variables físicas
Ciclismo
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Sumario:In this study we assessed the effectiveness of hypnosis in the resistance to effort. Participants were 24 junior and amateur cyclists with a mean age of 17.75 years (SD = 0.97), mean weight of 68 Kg (SD = 3.98), mean height of 178 cm (SD = 15.02), and an average of 5.75 years competing (SD = 0.48). The participants were randomly distributed into two groups: hypnotic suggestion and control. The intervention with hypnosis consisted of a brief relaxation technique, a hypnotic induction phase, a deep hypnosis phase, hypnotic suggestion, and a phase of being taken out of the hypnotic state. The results indicated significant relation (p <0.05) in the variable resistance to the effort, as analyzed by 2 (16,78) and lambda (0.90), with regard to the type of treatment. Performance improved as the number of hypnosis sessions increased. These findings can suggest that hypnotic intervention help sportsmen to withstand the physical exhaustion produced by high levels of effort