TY  - JOUR
TT  - SALIVARY CORTISOL LEVELS IN ELITE MALE HANDBALL PLAYERS  DURING A MATCH
AU  - Kayacan, Yıldırım
AU  - Tapan, Tuba
AU  - Makaracı, Yücel
AU  - Uçar, Cihad
AU  - Uçar, Sedat
PY  - 2018
DA  - July
JF  - Deneysel ve Klinik Tıp Dergisi
JO  - J. Exp. Clin. Med.
PB  - Ondokuz Mayıs University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-4483
SP  - 185
EP  - 189
VL  - 34
IS  - 3
KW  - Handball
KW  - hormone
KW  - salivary cortisol
KW  - stress
N2  - Cortisolis a corticosteroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex and it is associatedwith the stress response of the body. It is an important marker for determiningthe level of stress during or after exercise. The purpose of this study was toexamine a sports team for the level of physiological and psychological stressgenerated by a handball competition via non-invasive saliva analysis. Fourteenathletes aged 20.7 ± 2.5 years who were members of the Ondokuz Mayıs Universitymale handball team participated in the study. A total of three saliva sampleswere taken, one before, one during half-time and one immediately after animportant match for the team in terms of the group standpoint. and wereanalyzed by ELISA. Data were analysed by repeated measures test and Mauchly'stest of sphericity; also p<0.05 denoted statistical  significance. As a result of the analysis,salivary cortisol levels were found to be significant in the three differentsamples taken from the athletes (p = 0.018) At the onset of the competition,cortisol levels were also seen to increase in parallel with the rise in thestress levels of the athletes. The highest cortisol levels of the athletes werefound in the samples taken between halves during the match. It was found thatsubmaximal exercise used in the team sport of handball had a significant effecton salivary cortisol levels. In samples taken during an event with a high levelof importance for the team, significantly variable levels of cortisol as astress hormone were expressed in the athletes. Therefore, saliva cortisolmeasurement appears to be an important parameter that can be used to developstress-management and other necessary strategies in sport branches such ashandball where the mental and physical stress is intense.
CR  - Soria, M., González-Haro, C., Ansón, M., López-Colón, J.L., Escanero, J.F., 2015. Plasma levels of trace elements and exercise induced stress hormones in well-trained athletes. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 31, 113-119.
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/omujecm/issue//294894
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/506210
ER  -