Key result
Post-exercise self-efficacy was negatively correlated with perceived exertion and post-exercise parasympathetic activity, and positively correlated with affective valence at the end of the exercise.
Why the study?
Do subjective and physiological responses to moderate-intensity cycling exercise correlate with post-exercise self-efficacy in healthy volunteers?
Cross-Sectional (n=43)
Do subjective and physiological responses to moderate-intensity cycling exercise correlate with post-exercise self-efficacy in healthy volunteers?
Post-exercise self-efficacy is influenced by both subjective perceived exertion and feeling during exercise, as well as parasympathetic autonomic recovery after exercise.
Associations with exertion and affect may inform counseling; leaves open causality and relevance to patients.
Although self-efficacy (SE) is an important determinant of regular exercise, it is unclear how subjective and physiological states before, during, and after the exercise session affects post-exercise SE. The aim of this study was to clarify subjective and physiological factors affecting post-exercise SE assessed after a single exercise session at a physiologically equivalent level. Forty-three healthy volunteers (28 women, 15 men) completed an 82-min experimental session, comprising a 22-min pre-exercise rest, a 30-min steady-state cycling exercise at moderate intensity [40% of heart rate (HR) reserve], and a 30-min post-exercise rest. We measured physiological (HR) and subjective [Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE), Feeling Scale (FS)] states during the experimental session. Autonomic states were assessed by power spectral analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) during pre- and post-exercise rest. Post-exercise SE, which was the participants' confidence in their ability to perform the 30-min exercise that they had just performed, was assessed at 30-min post-exercise. A stepwise multiple regression analysis, with post-exercise SE as the dependent variable and physiological and subjective measures of the exercise as candidate explanatory variables, showed that post-exercise SE was negatively correlated with RPE and positively correlated with FS at the end of the 30-min exercise. In addition, post-exercise SE was negatively correlated with high-frequency power of the post-exercise HRV, an index of parasympathetic function. These results indicate that post-exercise SE is related not only to subjective responses to the exercise but also to autonomic response after the exercise.
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Matsuo et al. (2015) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy volunteers (n=43). 30-minute moderate-intensity cycling exercise was evaluated on Post-exercise self-efficacy at 30 minutes post-exercise. Post-exercise self-efficacy was negatively correlated with perceived exertion and post-exercise parasympathetic activity, and positively correlated with affective valence at the end of the exercise.
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