摘要：The purpose of this study was to determine the association of the Brazilian Mood Scale (BRAMS) with specific physiological variables prior to a 4-min maximum effort test in Olympic kayak athletes. The subjects consisted of 54 high performance canoeing athletes with more >3 yrs of international competitive experience. Their mean age was 21.76 ± 6.43 yrs. The Kolmogorov Smirnov test was applied for normality. The Spearman correlation test was used to determine the correlation between variables. Analysis of Variance was used to determine statistical differences with the alpha level set at P<0.05. The results indicate significant correlations for the following variables, BRUMS subscale: Tension (r = .41; P=0.01), Depression (r = .34; P=0.05), Fatigue (r = .46; P=0.01), Confusion (r = .40; P=0.02), and Anger (r = .42; P=0.01) with Lactate and Anger (r = .37; P=0.03) with Heart Rate and Stroke Rate (r = .40; P=0.02). These findings are in agreement with the association of metabolic responses in different high intensity sports. Search results for BRUMS with regards to blood lactate and heart rate in the 4-min maximum effort test confirm the diagnostic effects for the high performance sport in the pre-competitive phase. This analysis should help in promoting success in kayak athletes.
