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Studies on Orienteering

While studying and in need of Orienteering I searched Orienteering at Pubmed, the medical searchtool and found some interest studies that I post. I didnt check its validity, just copy-pasted some paragraphs from the abstracts that I found.The other major findings were that prior to competition, superior orienteers reported use…
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of higher self-efficacy, more positive outcome expectations and more task demand orientation than their less successful counterparts. Top orienteers coped more successfully with pre-competition anxiety by lowering their anxiety to a more moderate level prior to the actual performance. hereHigh aerobic power in orienteers (up to 63 and 76 ml/kg/min in women and men, respectively) is coupled with lower anaerobic performance. While leg strength is generally not high when compared with other athletic specialties, female orienteers have relatively good leg flexion strength. The energy cost of running is greatly increased in rough terrain. Oxygen cost was 26% higher while running…

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