the effect of rhythmic neural, musculoskeletal exercises on relaxation deepening (recorded by scl “skin conduct level” signals) in national judo athletes

relaxation is one of the important mental skills in physical education and sportsactivities. relationship between relaxation and rhythmic exercises with anemphasis on flexibility-functional mechanisms of nervous system has receivedattention in recent studies. the aim of the present study was to investigate the effectof rhythmic exercises on deepening the relaxation of national judo athletes. forthis purpose, 30 male athletes of judo national team participated in this study andwere divided into three groups: one control and two experimental groups. thesubjects practiced the training protocol for three months and the data wererecorded and then analyzed by scl (skin conduct level) index. the resultsrevealed no significant difference in relaxation among the groups (α=%5 andp>0.05). in other words, relaxation exercises had a slight effect on improvement ofrelaxation skill level; however, rhythmic exercises deepened relaxation to someextent. results showed that rhythmic movements reduced stress through influencingrelaxation deepening and subjects with more relaxation were more successful intheir optimal movements.