Resumen

SANCHEZ URENA, M.Sc. Braulio; URENA BONILLA, Pedro  y  CALLEJA GONZALEZ, Julio. Subjective levels of stress-recovery in athletes Costarican high performance. CPD [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp.103-108. ISSN 1989-5879.

The purpose of this study was to determine stress-recovery levels in Costa Rican high performance athletes. Methods: 239 subjects, (25.4±4.8 years) answered, 6, 4 ± 4,6 years of training in the first division of his sport. We used the Spanish version of the Recovery-Stress Questionnaire for athletes. Results: mean scores ??for recovery variables were higher than the mean score stress for variables. No statistically significant differences (p>0.05), were found for age, years of training and position for soccer players. Were the most important stressing agents were conflicts/pressure and fitness /injury. Sleep quality was the less significant factor for recovery. Conclusion. This study shows and appropriate stress-recovery profile in this sample. It also shows the importance of the identification of stress-recovery profile, in order to prevent the destructive effects of focusing exclusively on training loads. Further studies with Costa Rican athletes in this research area are needed.

Palabras clave : Stress; Recovery; REST-Q76; Costa Rican athletes; soccer; basketball; beach soccer.

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