Key result
A 6-minute computerized stress test significantly increased central perceived exertion and altered cortical activation and DC potentials in physically active young adults.
Why the study?
The study aimed to analyze alterations in psychophysiological and cognitive responses to an objective computerized stress test when controlling for behavioral response.
Does weekly physical activity impact the psychophysiological and cognitive response to an objective computerized stress test in sports science students?
Does weekly physical activity impact the psychophysiological and cognitive response to an objective computerized stress test in sports science students?
Absolute Event Rate: 14.55% vs 9.55%
p-value: p=<0.01
An objective computerized stress test induces significant changes in psychophysiological and cognitive responses among sports science students.
Alerts clinicians to central exertion shifts during brief stress tests; leaves open activity-level modulation in students.
The aim of this research is focused on analyzing the alteration of the psychophysiological and cognitive response to an objective computerized stress test (Determination Test - DT-, Vienna test System ® ), when the behavioral response is controlled. The sample used was sports science students (N = 22), with a mean age of 22.82 (M age = 22.82; SD years = 3.67; M PhysicalActivity hours/Week = 7.77; SD hours / week = 3.32) A quasi-experimental design was used in which the response of each participant to the DT test was evaluated. The variable “number of hours of physical activity per week” and the variable “level of behavioral response to stress” were controlled. Before and after this test, the following parameters were measured: activation and central fatigue (Critical Flicker Fusion Threshold (CFF Critical flicker fusion ascending and Critical flicker fusion descending; DC potential), and perceived exertion (Central Rating of Perceived Exertion and Peripheral Rating of Perceived Exertion). Significant differences were found in all of the measures indicated. The usefulness of this protocol and the measures used to analyze the stress response capacity of the study subjects are discussed.
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Marcos et al. (2021) studied Healthy physical activity practitioners (n=22). Computerized stress test (Determination Test) vs. Pre-test baseline was evaluated on Central Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPEC) (p=<0.01). A 6-minute computerized stress test significantly increased central perceived exertion and altered cortical activation and DC potentials in physically active young adults.
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