The Study On The Effect Of Auricular Acupoint Pressing Therapy On Pre-Competition Anxiety Of College Sprinters

ObjectiveTo investigate the anxiety level of college sprinters before sports competition,and to study the effect of auricular acupoint pressing therapy on pre-competition anxiety level,heart rate(HR),blood pressure(BP)and athletic performance of college sprinters by using the principle of random control.To find a simple and effective method,in order to improve pre-competition anxiety of college sprinters,and to explore its possible mechanism.MethodsMale 100-meter,female 100-meter,male 200-meter and female 200-meter college sprinters who participated in the 2018 Sports Games of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were collected,and their Pre-competition Anxiety level was investigated.A total of 108 permitted objects were selected and randomly divided into prescription auricular acupoint pressing therapy group(experimental group)and non-prescription auricular acupoint pressing therapy group(control group).The HR,BP in the morning were recorded one week before the competition(before treatment),and PES-T-32*6 was scored.One week before the competition,the experimental group was given prescription auricular acupoint pressing therapy(Shenmen,subcortex,heart,kidney,sympathy),and the control group was given non-prescription auricular acupoint pressing therapy(toe,heel,wrist,elbow,shoulder).HR and BP in the morning were recorded on the day of the competition,and CSAI-2 was scored.The data were analyzed and processed by statistical software SPSS 20.0.Result1.Comparisons of basic data:age,gender,grade,specialty and entries have no statistical difference between the two groups(P>0.05).2.A total of 132 athletes were surveyed.124 athletes(93.94%)were willing to accept auricular acupoint pressing therapy.Among them,108 athletes(87.10%)were diagnosed with pre-competition anxiety.Before intervention,there was no significant difference in PES-T-32*6 scale scores,HR,systolic blood pressure(SBP)and diastolic blood pressure(DBP)between the two groups(P>0.05).3.The score of The Individual Failure Anxiety Subscale,Social Failure Anxiety Subscale,Self-confidence Subscale and Body Anxiety Subscale in PES-T-32*6 were made Pearson correlation analysis with Cognitive State Anxiety Subscale,Cognitive State Anxiety Subscale,Self-confidence State Subscale and Somatic State Anxiety Subscale in CSAI-2 respectively.The correlation coefficients r were 0.845,0.654,0.853,0.686,P<0.01.4.After intervention,the scores of Cognitive State Anxiety Subscale and Somatic State Anxiety Subscale in CSAI-2 in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group(P<0.05),and the scores of Self-confidence State Subscale in CSAI-2 in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).5.After intervention,HR,DBP in two groups(P<0.05),SBP in control group(P<0.05)and SBP in the experimental group(P>0.05)were higher than those before intervention.The HR(P<0.05),SBP(P<0.05)and DBP(P>0.05)in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group after intervention.6.The score of Cognitive State Anxiety Subscale,Self-confidence Subscale and Somatic State Anxiety Subscale in CSAI-2 were made Pearson correlation analysis with the competition ranking of the subjects respectively,The correlation coefficients r were 0.311,0.289,and-0.407,respectively,P<0.01.7.The final rate of the experimental group was 41.07%,higher than 34.55%of the control group(P>0.05).The normal play rate of the experimental group was 91.07%,higher than 83.93%of the control group(P>0.05).The preliminary ranking of the experimental group was better than that of the control group(P>0.05).Conclusion1.Anxiety is prevalent in college athletes of men’ s 100 meters,men’ s 200 meters,women’ s 100 meters and women’s 200 meters.2.Auricular acupoint pressing therapy can be generally accepted by college athletes.During the treatment,the subjects have good compliance,and there is little possibility of adverse reactions in the treatment.3.Auricular acupoint pressing therapy can effectively improve athletes’pre-competition cognitive,physical state anxiety,and state self-confidence,and control their pre-competition heart rate and blood pressure at a relatively stable level.The intervention by auricular acupoint pressing therapy on pre-competition anxiety can help athletes get better performance possibly.