TY - JOUR ID - 62804 TI - The Effect of Neurofeedback Training on Sleep Quality and Psychological Skills of Athletes with Psychophysiological Approach JO - Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning JA - JSMDL LA - en SN - 2008-9333 AU - Taheri, Morteza AU - Noorian, Fahimeh AD - Assistant Professor of Imam Khomeini International University AD - MSc of Motor Behavior, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 239 EP - 251 KW - neurofeedback KW - Psychological KW - sleep DO - 10.22059/jmlm.2017.226623.1216 N2 -   The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of neurofeedback training on sleep quality and psychological skills of athletes with psychophysiological approach. The research method was semi-experimental and application with pretest and posttest design and a control group. 31 athletes who were members of a sport team gained the criteria to enter the study. They were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups and the experimental group received neurofeedback treatment. The neurofeedback training lasted 3 sessions a week, 45 min. each session for 2 months. This protocol was performed in a bipolar manner at C4-CZ points. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to extract sleep quality profile and OMSAT-3 and Elisa method were used to assess psychophysiological stress of participants. Covariance analysis and dependent t test were used to analyze the data. The results suggested that neurofeedback training can influence to balance stress and to improve sleep quality of athletes which greatly affects their performance. UR - https://jsmdl.ut.ac.ir/article_62804.html L1 - https://jsmdl.ut.ac.ir/article_62804_07df10ec0b00cb09045dc2b0b6c34b36.pdf ER -