the aim of this study was to examine the effect of overt and covert motivationalself-talk on perceived exertion and performance in a progressive exercise untilexhaustion in wrestlers. the population consisted of wrestlers in urmia and 15volunteer subjects were selected. this study was performed in three sessions with aone-week interval. the first session was held without self–talk while the sec...

Attentional focus during aerobic exercise has been studied in the context of sports performance, injury prevention and affective experience. Previous research suggests that an additional mental task parallel to physical activity might influence experience performance. It tested if attentional influences cardiovascular activity, positive/negative affect, subjective exertion a cycling exercise. D...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Functional walk tests such as the 6- and 12-Minute Walk Test (ie, 6MWT and 12MWT, respectively) are submaximal measures used to determine functional capacity in individuals with compromised ability. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between these walk tests and measures of exertion (perceived and myocardial), in addition to impairment in individu...

OBJECTIVE Research suggests that one physiological effect of concussion is a disruption in regulation of autonomic nervous system control that affects the balance between parasympathetic and sympathetic output. While changes in heart rate after concussion have been observed, the nature of the heart rate change during progressive exercise has not been well evaluated in acutely symptomatic patien...

Background: Exertion games are video that require exercise. They widely presented as health interventions, to encourage sedentary populations take exercise at levels recommended by professionals. Objectives: We consider whether acute sufficient engender exercise-related benefits, and in what conditions occurs. Methods: In this article, we performed a scoping review of empirical research examine...