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Mr Alireza Atarodi, Dr Gholam Reza Lotfi, Mr Mahmoodreza Mottaghi, Mr Abbas Daemi, Ms Zahra Rohani,
Volume 17, Issue 3 (9-2011)
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  Background and Aim : Anxiety is one of the emotional and psychological factors that the studying of its effects considering existing variables can solve some of the athletes’ psychological problems. The current study was performed with the aim of surveying the relationship between coaching anxiety with Footsal players’ anxiety and performance in Gonabad city in 2010.

  Materials and Methods : This is a descriptive and correlational study conducted with the use of sport competitive anxiety questionnaire of Martinez consisting of 15 questions, demographic questionnaire and athletic performance checklist. The study population was 600 players and Footsal coaches compromised of 60 Footsal teams. Each team was consisted of 10 members (five major players, four reserves and one coach). All the study population was studied and no sampling was conducted. The data were analyzed using SPSS software version 14. For data description, descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were used Xi 2 and Pearson correlation coefficient test were used for statistical analysis of the data.

  Results: The findings showed that there was a direct and significant relationship between coaching anxiety levels with sport competitive anxiety level in athletes (p=0.019). It also showed that there was a significant and negative relationship between coaching anxiety levels with performance level of the athletes (p=0.012, r=-0.8) and there was a significant and negative relationship between athletics’ sport anxiety levels with their performance level (p=0.01, r=-0.81). And it showed a significant and negative relationship between athletes' sport anxiety levels with their athletic experiences (p=0.001, r=0.45) and with their age as well (p= 0.001 r = -0.37).

  Conclusion: Sport competitive anxiety has deeper and more effective relationship in locomotors skills performance in competition status in comparison with the other psychological factors. Finally, some recommendations were presented for reduction of sport competitive anxiety in athletes.


Sadeghi M., Farmani F., Saeedi S.,
Volume 19, Issue 1 (5-2013)
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Aims: In subjects with flatfoot (also called pes planus), the arch supports (or foot orthoses) are used as a protective treatment. Considering the importance of the compensation of flatfoot in athletes, this study was conducted aiming at investigating and comparing the effect of foot orthoses with and without medial wedge on the energy consumption in runners with flatfoot.

Methods: This quasi-experimental research of convenience non-probability sampling type was done on 20 athletic men suffering from flexible flatfoot on two sides in 2009. Subjects were selected from among the athletes referring to Enqelab sport complex using non-randomized method. Subjects’ feet were examined to determine and diagnose the presence of any flatfoot based on their arcs. Following the preparation of the arch support fitting for each subjects with and without medial wedge, the amount of oxygen consumption, maximum amount of consuming oxygen and the maximum Heart Rate (HR) were measured. Data was analyzed using SPSS 11 software. Moreover, pair T-test was used to compare the results before and after the intervention.

Results: The amount of oxygen consumption using arch support with medial wedge (4488.30±78.31) and without medial wedge (4604.60±67.83) had a significant difference (p=0.038). The maximum amount of consuming oxygen of the subject using arch support with medial wedge (54.37±6.62) and without medial wedge (63.60±6.53) had also a significant difference (p=0.024). The difference of the maximum Heart Rate (HR) with medial wedge (153.24±4.29) and without medial wedge (164.48±6.15) was significant (p=0.018).

Conclusion: Adding medial wedge to foot orthoses can be helpful to decrease energy consumption during running in athletes.



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