{"id":12572,"date":"2026-02-06T08:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=12572"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:55:22","slug":"football-fever-causes-a-sharp-increase-in-stress-levels-and-heart-rate-among-fans-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/football-fever-causes-a-sharp-increase-in-stress-levels-and-heart-rate-among-fans-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Football fever&#8221; causes a sharp increase in stress levels and heart rate among fans: New study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">According to a new study published in the journal <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"50\">Scientific Reports<\/i>, the so-called &#8220;football fever&#8221; triggers serious physiological and emotional reactions in football fans.<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span class=\"\">The study,<\/span><span class=\"\"> conducted during the 2025 German Cup (DFB-Pokal) final,<\/span><span class=\"\"> showed that the average stress level among fans of the football club &#8220;Arminia Bielefeld&#8221; was 41% higher on match day compared to regular days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span class=\"\">Scientists analyzed smartwatch data from 229 adult fans over a period of 12 weeks.<\/span><span class=\"\"> The research revealed that stress levels began to rise several hours before the match,<\/span><span class=\"\"> peaking at kick-off and remaining elevated even after the game ended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span class=\"\">Additionally,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the average heart rate increased from 71 to 79 beats per minute.<\/span><span class=\"\"> A particularly high physical load was observed in fans attending the match directly at the stadium; their heart rates were 23% higher than those of television viewers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><span class=\"\">The study&#8217;s authors note that alcohol consumption was among the factors influencing heart rate.<\/span><span class=\"\"> When consuming alcohol,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the heart rate increased by an additional 5%.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Scientists warn that such a sharp rise in heart rate,<\/span><span class=\"\"> combined with alcohol,<\/span><span class=\"\"> may increase the risk of arrhythmia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><span class=\"\">This study once again emphasizes how closely emotional attachment to sports is linked to physical health.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Researchers believe that studying such high-stress situations will help better determine the body&#8217;s response to emotionally intense events in the future,<\/span><span class=\"\"> contributing to the refinement of preventive healthcare strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-026-36182-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, the so-called &#8220;football fever&#8221; triggers serious physiological and emotional reactions in football fans. The study, conducted during the 2025 German Cup (DFB-Pokal) final, showed that the average stress level among fans of the football club &#8220;Arminia Bielefeld&#8221; was 41% higher on match day compared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1631,1594,1665,1587,1657,1659],"tags":[4273,3160,2923],"class_list":["post-12572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-neurology","category-news","category-public-health","category-research","category-science","category-technologies","tag-football-fever","tag-mentaluri-janmrtheloba","tag-shphothva"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12577,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12572\/revisions\/12577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}