Acute psychological stress does not influence joint position reproduction performance in the elbow joint

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319061
• Publication Date: 2025-03-03T18:39:43Z
• Authors: Adam Koncz; Ferenc Köteles; Blanka Aranyossy; Áron Horváth

Proprioceptive accuracy is an important aspect of motor functioning thus understanding how the stress response affects it can broaden our knowledge about effects on performance. There has been published only one quasi-experimental study this topic to date, reporting a negative association between and proprioceptive accuracy. The aim present was explore whether influences in randomized controlled experimental setting. Participants (Mage = 20.4 yrs, SDage 1.91 yrs) were randomly assigned (n 29) control 28) group. Psychological induced via online quiz involving time pressure instant feedback Participants' perceived (state anxiety) physiological (heart rate, heart rate variability, skin conductance level) (the active passive version Joint Position Reproduction test for elbow joint) measured before after manipulation. substantially increased participants' however, not impacted by Perceived does impact