Open AccessBiofeedback and relaxation techniques improve running economy in sub-elite long distance runners
Author(s) -
Sarah Jane Caird,
Alexander Duncan McKENZIE,
Gordon G. Sleivert
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1097/00005768-199905000-00015
Subject(s) - running economy , biofeedback , relaxation (psychology) , treadmill , heart rate , physical therapy , vo2 max , ventilatory threshold , blood lactate , mathematics , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , blood pressure
The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether a psychophysiological intervention of biofeedback and relaxation could decrease the submaximal oxygen consumption (VO2submax) during treadmill running and improve running economy for a group of trained long distance runners.