title: Pulse rate, pre-competition tension and performance in 10,000 meter elite runners of both sexes.
abstract: Five male and 3 female runners who participated in 10,000 meter distance run in South Asian Federation (SAF) Games, 1987 were volunteered for this pilot study. The pulse rate at rest, 1 hour prior to competition and post-run for 30 min at 5 min intervals were recorded. It was observed that the runners who showed less rise of pulse prior to competition, performed better. This might be attributed to less pre-competition tension in them which helped the athletes to perform better.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology Institute of Med. Sci., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: De
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011674:Pulse; D012420:Running