ArticleFrontiers in psychology2024
Associations between subjective and objective measures of stress and load: an insight from 45-week prospective study in 189 elite athletes.
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- Associations Between Endocrine Status and Stress, Mood and Psychosomatic Status in Elite Handball Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Gut microbiota and pre-competitive anxiety in high-performance taekwondo athletes during pre-competition training: an exploratory pilot study.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- The SRAQ-HP: Development and Initial Validation of a Tool to Assess Perceived Resource Adequacy Among Healthcare Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between subjective and objective measures of stress and load in elite male handball players at both the group and individual levels. Methods: In this 45-week prospective cohort study, 189 elite male handball players weekly reported their perceived stress and load across training, competition, academic, and work domains. Blood samples were collected five times during the 2022/23 season to measure cortisol and the free testosterone to cortisol ratio (FTCR). We derived a "load" variable as the sum of training, competition, academic and work hours and calculated acute, chronic, and acute-to-chronic ratio variables for both load and stress. Associations between subjective and objective measures were analyzed using Spearman's rank correlation. Results: Weak to moderate positive associations were found between load and perceived stress ( Conclusion: This study highlights the complexity between subjective and objective measures of stress and load in athletes. Understanding the link between these measures may help coaches and sports scientists streamline athlete monitoring. In cases where moderate to strong associations exist, subjective measures might serve as a reliable substitute for objective ones, making the monitoring process more time- and cost-efficient.
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