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Int J Sports Med 2009; 30(1): 33-39
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038758
Physiology & Biochemistry

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Training and 24-hr Urinary Catecholamine Excretion

E. Filaire1 , M. Rouveix1 , M. Duclos2
  • 1LAPSEP, UFRSTAPS, Orléans, France
  • 2INRA, UMR1019, CHRU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, France
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accepted after revision May 31, 2008

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23 July 2008 (online)

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Abstract

We examined the effects of 28 weeks of training on 24-hr urinary catecholamine excretion and mood (evaluated using the Recovery-Stress Questionnaire for Athletes RESTQ-Sport) among seven national young female tennis players. Data were collected after a 1-month rest (September, T1), 3 months after T1 (T2) and 7 months after T1 (T3). Standardized Stress and Standardized Recovery scores and RESTQ-Index were computed. The training load increased by 161 % between T1 and T2 and by 55 % between T2 and T3. The performance (wins/total number of matches) decreased throughout the study. Urinary catecholamine excretion presented an U-shaped curve with a significant increase in 24-hr urinary catecholamine excretions, and epinephrine/norepinephrine ratio from T1 to T2 (T1 vs. T2: epinephrine: + 100 %, p < 0.05; norepinephrine: + 30 %, p < 0.05. Then, at T3, urinary catecholamine excretions and the epinephrine/norepinephrine ratio decreased significantly to values lower than the values observed at T1. A decrease in RESTQ-Index throughout the study was mainly based on a large increase in the Standardized Stress score. Changes in specific stress and recovery scales of the RESTQ-Sport for athletes and changes in catecholamine values indicated a state of heavy training stress and incomplete recovery at the end of the study.

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training - tennis - catecholamine - mood - female

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