The effect of sports massage on state anxiety in elite soccer players
The study found that pre-match massage significantly affected the state anxiety of elite soccer players. Soccer players who had a massage showed 0.849 times smaller anxiety scores than did the players who had not. This finding suggests the efficacy of sports massage as an effective intervention to reduce pre-competition anxiety in elite soccer players.
Authors
- İbrahim Halil Şahin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2758-3077)
- Erol Korkmaz
- Mine Taşkın (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6120-8935)
- Maya BUDAK (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6209-0935)
- Halil Taşkın (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-2123)
Institutions
- Selçuk University (TR)
- Konya Food and Agriculture University (TR)
- Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği (TR)
- Superior Court of California (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1724892
- Primary Topic
- Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00