Body focus and cardioceptive accuracy are not associated with physical performance and perceived fatigue in a sample of individuals with regular physical activity

Kósa, Lili; Mikó, Alexandra; Ferentzi, Eszter; Szabolcs, Z; Bogdány, Tamás; Ihász, Ferenc; Köteles, Ferenc

doi:10.1111/psyp.13880

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“…The four remaining experimental visits lasted approximately 45 min each, in which participants completed each of the four 20-min experimental conditions in a randomised, counterbalanced order. Perceptual and affective responses such as perceived focus of attention 54 , physical/cognitive load 55 , valence/arousal 56 , and acute stress 57 were measured via questionnaire at six time points (pre-test, during: every 5 min, post-test), whilst overall enjoyment (PACES 58 ) and IAcc 59 were measured once immediately after cessation of the manipulation. Heart rate (bpm) was measured continuously during each condition (Fig.…”

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“…Here the participants were asked to answer, “where is your focus of attention right now?”, on a scale ranging from 1 (“Completely internal bodily cues”) to 10 (“Completely external sensory cues”). Although the instrument has not been validated, previous studies using similar methods found associations in expected directions with other variables 54 , 67 , 68 .…”

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Acute physical-activity related increases in interoceptive ability are not enhanced with simultaneous interoceptive attention

Wallman-Jones

Palser

Benzing

et al. 2022

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Interoception, the sense of the internal body, is proposed to support self-regulation, and consequently influence mental health. Researchers have therefore shown interest in improving the ability to accurately monitor internal signals (i.e., interoceptive accuracy, IAcc). Research suggests that cardiac IAcc is modifiable by both manipulations of interoceptive attention (guided attention towards the internal body), and interoceptive exposure (strategically inducing somatic signals e.g., via physical activity). Whilst successful in isolation, it is unclear whether a combined approach (i.e., directing attention towards the internal body when signals are more salient) could elicit greater benefits. In a 2 × 2 within-subject design, 48 healthy adults (Mage = 25.98 ± 4.73 years, 50% female) completed four 20-min conditions varying in both attentional focus (interoceptive vs exteroceptive) and physical activity (active vs rest), with cardiac IAcc measured immediately after. Results revealed a main effect for physical activity (p < 0.001), however, there was no effect for attentional focus (p = 0.397), and no interaction effect (p = 0.797). Differential analyses showed that a higher sporting background increased sensitivity to physical activity-related increases in cardiac IAcc (p = 0.031). Findings indicate that (irrespective of attentional focus) moderate-vigorous physical activity-based interventions have the potential to increase cardiac IAcc, with certain individuals potentially benefiting more.

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Acute physical-activity related increases in interoceptive ability are not enhanced with simultaneous interoceptive attention

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Palser

Benzing

et al. 2022

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“…The moderate association between objective TL and players' self-evaluation (coefficient of determination = .203) clearly indicates the well-documented discordance (see introduction) between objective and perceived aspects of physical and cognitive performance, 16,18,19,47,48 various interoceptive modalities 11,15,49 and fatigue. 30,31,50 Substantially higher concordance was reported for sRPE. 51 For fatigue, players' perception mostly relies on information from various interoceptive (homeostatic) modalities, including the actual metabolic state of the muscles, HR, breathing, and pain 52 ; also, the integration of behavioral cues (self-observation) cannot be excluded.…”

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Dissociations between coaches’ fatigue rating, athletes’ perceived fatigue, and objective training load

Kósa

Körmendi

Ihász

et al. 2023

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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Players’ fatigue after practice is an important indicator of the actual training status for the coach. However, fatigue is not a unitary construct; it has objective (physiological) and perceived (experiential) aspects, which are not necessarily strongly related. The present study aimed to assess the association between coaches’ and athletes’ perception of fatigue and objectively assessed training load (TL). Participants were 61 elite players of five sport teams of two sports (basketball and football) and their coaches. Players’ and coaches’ perception of fatigue and objective data on TL provided by the Polar Team Pro system was obtained for 276 practice sessions overall. The association between coaches’ and athletes’ fatigue rating was .43 ( p < .001), between coaches’ fatigue rating and TL was .5 ( p < .001), and between athletes’ fatigue rating and TL was .45 ( p < .001). Linear regression with TL as the criterion variable and coaches’ and athletes’ fatigue rating as predictor variables explained 32.8% of the total variance. As the discordance between coaches’ estimation of fatigue, athletes’ perceived fatigue, and objective TL appears substantial, coaches should always take into consideration the latter two indicators. Future research with a translational focus is needed to help coaches to find an optimal balance among various indicators of fatigue in the determination of the load for the subsequent training sessions.

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Reliability of the Heartbeat Tracking Task to Assess Interoception

Santos

Elsangedy

Souza

et al. 2022

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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Interoception refers to the competence in perceiving and interpreting internal sensations emerging from the body. The most common approach to assess interoception is through cardiac interoceptive tests like the heartbeat tracking task (HTT), which measures the accuracy on perceive and counting heartbeats during a period. However, the literature is scarce in providing adequate reliability evidence for this measure so that the interoception assessment may be threaten. In addition to HTT accuracy, it is possible to determine sensibility (self-reported con dence) and interoceptive awareness (correspondence between accuracy and sensibility). Thus, we measured the test-retest reliability of HTT and also investigated the behavior of HTT outcomes along the task. Therefore, 31 healthy adults (16 males) with 27.8 (9.4) years old performed two consecutive HTT interspersed by one day. Intraclass correlation coe cient (ICC), standard error of measurement (SEM) and minimal detectable difference (MD) analyzes showed 'Good' relative reliability for interoceptive accuracy (ICC = 0.880; SEM = 0.263; MD = 0.728; p < 0.001) and 'Moderate' for sensibility (ICC = 0.617; SEM = 0.648; MD = 1.797; p < 0.001) and awareness (ICC = 0.593; SEM = 0.227; MD = 0.628; p < 0.001). The absolute reliability shows low threshold values for observing true effects in HTT outcomes. The results also showed that reducing the number of HTT blocks did not impact the outcomes. The HTT showed to be reliable in determine the interoceptive competences in healthy adults.

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Body focus and cardioceptive accuracy are not associated with physical performance and perceived fatigue in a sample of individuals with regular physical activity

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Acute physical-activity related increases in interoceptive ability are not enhanced with simultaneous interoceptive attention

Acute physical-activity related increases in interoceptive ability are not enhanced with simultaneous interoceptive attention

Dissociations between coaches’ fatigue rating, athletes’ perceived fatigue, and objective training load

Reliability of the Heartbeat Tracking Task to Assess Interoception

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