Referees feel stress during matches regardless of their physical condition

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 10:31 in Health & Medicine

All referees feel stress on match days. However, contrary to what you might believe, a joint study by the Catholic University of Brasilia, A Coruña University and James Cook University in Australia state that the level of stress is not linked to the physical condition of these referees, but to their nervous system. The researchers measured the activity of Spanish football referees on a normal day and on a match day.

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