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Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players

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    • Donatella Di Corrado
    • Tiziano Agostini
    • Marco Bonifazi
    • Vincenzo Perciavalle
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    Affiliations: Department of Sport Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna I-94100, Italy, Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste I-34127, Italy, Department of Physiology, University of Siena, Siena I-43100, Italy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Catania, Catania I-95125, Italy
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    Published online on: April 4, 2014
       https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2115
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Psychological and physiological markers have been used to maximize competitive sport preparation. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of two months of training and competitions on mood states and salivary cortisol diurnal variation in 15 female elite water polo players. The results demonstrated that the β coefficient values of the regression slope of cortisol values on sampling time was significantly flatter following the training period. The values of the area under the cortisol curve (AUC) ‘with respect to ground’ (AUCg) and those of the β coefficients of the slope of the diurnal change in cortisol levels were highly negatively correlated. The slope correlated positively with the dysfunctional Profile of Mood States scale and negatively with the functional scale. AUCg correlated negatively with dysfunctional factors and positively with the vigor index. These findings support the hypothesis that subclinical hypocortisolism and a flattened diurnal rhythm of cortisol may play a role in determining dysfunctional mood states.
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Di Corrado D, Agostini T, Bonifazi M and Perciavalle V: Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players. Mol Med Rep 9: 2441-2446, 2014.
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Di Corrado, D., Agostini, T., Bonifazi, M., & Perciavalle, V. (2014). Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players. Molecular Medicine Reports, 9, 2441-2446. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2115
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Di Corrado, D., Agostini, T., Bonifazi, M., Perciavalle, V."Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players". Molecular Medicine Reports 9.6 (2014): 2441-2446.
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Di Corrado, D., Agostini, T., Bonifazi, M., Perciavalle, V."Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players". Molecular Medicine Reports 9, no. 6 (2014): 2441-2446. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2115
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Di Corrado D, Agostini T, Bonifazi M and Perciavalle V: Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players. Mol Med Rep 9: 2441-2446, 2014.
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Di Corrado, D., Agostini, T., Bonifazi, M., & Perciavalle, V. (2014). Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players. Molecular Medicine Reports, 9, 2441-2446. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2115
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Di Corrado, D., Agostini, T., Bonifazi, M., Perciavalle, V."Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players". Molecular Medicine Reports 9.6 (2014): 2441-2446.
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Di Corrado, D., Agostini, T., Bonifazi, M., Perciavalle, V."Changes in mood states and salivary cortisol levels following two months of training in elite female water polo players". Molecular Medicine Reports 9, no. 6 (2014): 2441-2446. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2014.2115
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