Arousal/Stress Effects of "Overwatch" eSports Game Competition in Collegiate Gamers. Issue 10 (21st October 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Arousal/Stress Effects of "Overwatch" eSports Game Competition in Collegiate Gamers. Issue 10 (21st October 2022)
- Main Title:
- Arousal/Stress Effects of "Overwatch" eSports Game Competition in Collegiate Gamers
- Authors:
- Kraemer, William J.
Caldwell, Lydia K.
Post, Emily M.
Beeler, Matthew K.
Emerson, Angela
Volek, Jeff S.
Maresh, Carl M.
Fogt, Jennifer S.
Fogt, Nick
Häkkinen, Keijo
Newton, Robert U.
Lopez, Pedro
Sanchez, Barbara N.
Onate, James A. - Abstract:
- Abstract: Kraemer, WJ, Caldwell, LK, Post, EM, Beeler, MK, Emerson, A, Volek, JS, Maresh, CM, Fogt, JS, Fogt, N, Häkkinen, K, Newton, RU, Lopez, P, Sanchez, BN, and Onate, JA. Arousal/stress effects of "Overwatch" eSports game competition in collegiate gamers. J Strength Cond Res 36(10): 2671–2675, 2022—To date, no physical response data are available for one of the most popular eSport games, Overwatch . The purpose of this investigation was to describe the stress signaling associated with competitive Overwatch play and to understand how acute hormonal responses may affect performance. Thirty-two male college-aged gamers (age: 21.3 ± 2.7 years; estimated time played per week: 18 ± 15 hours) completed the study. Subjects were randomly assigned to a 6-player team to compete in a tournament-style match. Salivary measures of cortisol and testosterone were collected immediately before (PRE) and after (POST) the first-round game, with the heart rate recorded continuously during the match. The mean characteristics were calculated for each variable and comparisons made by the skill level. Significance was defined as p ≤ 0.05. There were no differences in measures of salivary cortisol. A differential response pattern was observed by the skill level for testosterone. The low skill group displayed a significant increase in testosterone with game play (mean ± SD, testosterone PRE: 418.3 ± 89.5 pmol·L −1, POST: 527.6 ± 132.4 pmol·L −1, p < 0.001), whereas no change was observed in theAbstract: Kraemer, WJ, Caldwell, LK, Post, EM, Beeler, MK, Emerson, A, Volek, JS, Maresh, CM, Fogt, JS, Fogt, N, Häkkinen, K, Newton, RU, Lopez, P, Sanchez, BN, and Onate, JA. Arousal/stress effects of "Overwatch" eSports game competition in collegiate gamers. J Strength Cond Res 36(10): 2671–2675, 2022—To date, no physical response data are available for one of the most popular eSport games, Overwatch . The purpose of this investigation was to describe the stress signaling associated with competitive Overwatch play and to understand how acute hormonal responses may affect performance. Thirty-two male college-aged gamers (age: 21.3 ± 2.7 years; estimated time played per week: 18 ± 15 hours) completed the study. Subjects were randomly assigned to a 6-player team to compete in a tournament-style match. Salivary measures of cortisol and testosterone were collected immediately before (PRE) and after (POST) the first-round game, with the heart rate recorded continuously during the match. The mean characteristics were calculated for each variable and comparisons made by the skill level. Significance was defined as p ≤ 0.05. There were no differences in measures of salivary cortisol. A differential response pattern was observed by the skill level for testosterone. The low skill group displayed a significant increase in testosterone with game play (mean ± SD, testosterone PRE: 418.3 ± 89.5 pmol·L −1, POST: 527.6 ± 132.4 pmol·L −1, p < 0.001), whereas no change was observed in the high skill group. There were no differences in heart rate characteristics between skill groups. Overall, the average heart rate was 107.2 ± 17.8 bpm with an average max heart rate of 133.3 ± 19.1 bpm. This study provides unique physiological evidence that a sedentary Overwatch match modulates endocrine and cardiovascular responses, with the skill level emerging as a potential modulator. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of strength and conditioning research. Volume 36:Issue 10(2022)
- Journal:
- Journal of strength and conditioning research
- Issue:
- Volume 36:Issue 10(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 36, Issue 10 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 10
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0036-0010-0000
- Page Start:
- 2671
- Page End:
- 2675
- Publication Date:
- 2022-10-21
- Subjects:
- video games -- heart rate -- endocrine -- cortisol -- testosterone
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- 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004319 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1064-8011
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