Mohammad Taghi Khorand
Abstract
Relaxation is one of the important mental skills in physical education and sportsactivities. Relationship between relaxation and rhythmic exercises with anemphasis on flexibility-functional mechanisms of nervous system has receivedattention in recent studies. The aim of the present study was to investigate ...
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Relaxation is one of the important mental skills in physical education and sportsactivities. Relationship between relaxation and rhythmic exercises with anemphasis on flexibility-functional mechanisms of nervous system has receivedattention in recent studies. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectof rhythmic exercises on deepening the relaxation of national judo athletes. Forthis purpose, 30 male athletes of judo national team participated in this study andwere divided into three groups: one control and two experimental groups. Thesubjects practiced the training protocol for three months and the data wererecorded and then analyzed by SCL (Skin Conduct Level) index. The resultsrevealed no significant difference in relaxation among the groups (α=%5 andP>0.05). In other words, relaxation exercises had a slight effect on improvement ofrelaxation skill level; however, rhythmic exercises deepened relaxation to someextent. Results showed that rhythmic movements reduced stress through influencingrelaxation deepening and subjects with more relaxation were more successful intheir optimal movements.
Mohammad Khorand; Fazlolah Bagherzadeh; Hasan Ashayeri; Mohamad Kazem Vaez Mousavi; Elahe Arabameri
Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2009, , Pages 43-59
Abstract
The relationship between relaxation and rhythmic exercises with regard to functional neuroplasticity mechanism is a subject that has been studied in recent researches. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of rhythmic exercises on the depth of relaxation in national judo athletes. 30 ...
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The relationship between relaxation and rhythmic exercises with regard to functional neuroplasticity mechanism is a subject that has been studied in recent researches. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of rhythmic exercises on the depth of relaxation in national judo athletes. 30 male athletes of national judo team were randomly selected and divided into three groups: control, experimental 1 (relaxation) and experimental 2 (relaxation and rhythmic), 10 subjects each group. Data were obtained from a three-month period (two 6- weeks, the first 6-weeks relaxation for experimental 1 and 2 groups, the second 6-weeks relaxation and rhythmic exercises for experimental 1 and 2 groups and no exercise for control group) by EMG index. ANOVA and repeated measures tests were used to analyze the data. Findings showed a significant difference in the relaxation skill among groups. On the other hand, exercise periods increased relaxation and rhythmic exercises reinforced relaxation depth. Findings indicated that rhythmic exercises could improve relaxation and its depth.
