A brief body scan mindfulness practice has no positive effect on the recovery of heart rate variability and cognitive tasks in female professional basketball players
      
Yazarlar (9)
Dicle Aras Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Aysberg Şamil Önlü Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Tugay Durmuş Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Caner Cengiz Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Damla Güler Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Yağmur GÜLER Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Alkan Uğurlu Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Monira I. Aldhahi Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Suudi Arabistan
Mehmet Gülü Kirikkale Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Frontiers in Psychology (Q2)
Dergi ISSN 1664-1078 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 05-2023
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 14 / 1 / – DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1196066
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1196066
Özet
Introduction: In this study, we examined the acute effects of a short video-based body scan mindfulness practice on the heart rate variability (HRV) and cognitive performance of professional female basketball players after the first half of a simulated basketball game. Methods: In this crossover randomized controlled trial, nine professional athletes completed a physical loading protocol on two separate days. The protocol consisted of a 10-min Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 in the first quarter, followed by a 10-min basketball game in the second quarter. Immediately afterward, they were asked to engage in a 10-min mindfulness practice or watch a 10-min nature-based documentary as a type of mental intervention. Their HRV, Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE), National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index 2 (NASA TLX-2), and Go/No-Go test scores were recorded immediately before and after the physical loading and after the mental intervention. Results: The physical demand, effort, and frustration level subscales of the NASA TLX-2 and the RPE scores were found to be significantly higher after the physical loading, and they returned to the baseline level after both types of mental intervention. The Go/No-Go test scores did not differ depending on the measurement time. All time- and frequency-domain heart rate variability parameters, except the low-to-high frequency ratio, were found to be significantly high immediately after the physical loading protocol. However, these parameters returned to their initial levels after both types of mental intervention. Discussion: Completing the tests involved in the study protocol successfully induced physical fatigue, as evidenced by consistent measurement tools, but the one-time and short-term mindfulness practice had no additional benefits for the recovery of heart rate variability, cognitive tasks, or subjective assessment methods, such as RPE and NASA TLX-2, in basketball players with no previous experience of mindfulness practice.
Anahtar Kelimeler
basketball | cognitive task | Go/No-Go test | heart rate variability | mindfulness | NASA TLX | RPE