Document Type : Research Article
Authors
1 Center of Community Education and Wellbeing, Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Center of Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Investigative Studies , Faculty of Health Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2 Center of Community Education and Wellbeing, Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Center of Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Investigative Studies , Faculty of Health Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysi
Abstract
Nowadays, psychological issues often occurs among elite athletes and were higher than the general population. However, this problem can be controlled by providing an appropriate intervention. In addition, studies on the impact of Sports Massage toward cortisol and pre-competit ion anxiety were still lacking in attention on tennis. Thus, this study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Sports Massage intervention on cortisol and pre-competition anxiety. A total of 14 elite tennis athletes were participated in this study and were divided into treatment groups and control groups by using the Quasi-Experimental study design, quantitatively. Instruments used in this study were Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
(ELISA) and Competit ive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-2). There were three phase of instrument measurement in this study namely pretest, first posttest and second posttest. Repeated Measures Two Way ANOVA was performed, there was a significant difference in the cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and self-confidence (p < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference on cortisol (p > 0.05). These findings suggested as the basis for determining the effect of Sports Massage therapy towards cortisol level and pre-competition anxiety level among Malaysian elite tennis athlete
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