title: Haemodynamic response in soccer spectators: is Scottish football exciting?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of watching a game of Scottish football on heart rate and blood pressure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two Scottish Premier League football grounds.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 healthy men, each a supporter of one of two clubs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate at home, while walking, and during the match.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Systolic blood pressure and heart rate were significantly higher when the men were watching the match than when they were at home. While they were watching the match, heart rate was maximal immediately after a goal had been scored by the supported team.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The emotional stress invoked by Scottish football is associated with significant increases in heart rate and systolic blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Elder
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Jyothinagaram
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Padfield
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012916:Soccer; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology*