Emotional Pain or Physical Pain: The Contribution of Hedonics in Motor Performance of Athletes?



Najafabadi MG^{1, 2} ; Memari A^{1, 2}
Source: Journal of Pain Management Published:2020

Abstract

Examining of athletes who have maladaptive hedonics including physical or emotional displeasure or pain is very important in sports. Indeed, the aim of this case study was to compare the balance ability of three volleyball athletes in two conditions inducing physical pain or emotional pain. We designed two kinds of induced pain and assessed balance in these expert athletes in medio-lateral index (MLI), anterior posterior index (API) and overall balance. The results showed that API and overall balance scores have largely increased from baseline to physical or emotional pain condition while MLI score showed different pattern. In total, an athlete under emotional pain condition would experience same disturbance in balance scores as physical pain condition. © Nova Science Publishers, Inc.